Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13313000501 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 4,710 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

For landlords sizing up Dalton in Whitfield County, census tract 13313000501 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,045 a month against an average household income of $56,165 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 33% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,724

Renter share44.1%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate18.0%

Median income$56,165

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.8312, -85.0036 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dalton

3.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.0

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

18.0% poverty · this tract

4.5

Supply constraint

$1,045 rent vs county FMR

4.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dalton

4.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dalton

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dalton

6.2

How Dalton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

71%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
91%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

13.7%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
17.0%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
9.2%Transit barriers
15.3%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
30.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dalton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Whitfield County average of 5.2 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 13313000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000501?

Census tract 13313000501 in Dalton scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13313000501?

Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000501?

18.0% of residents in tract 13313000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,710.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 70th, minority 65th, housing 91th.

What share of households in tract 13313000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313000501 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000501 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Dalton at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dalton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dalton

Top eight tracts in Dalton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.