Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Dalton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13313001200 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 6,814 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Dalton
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13313001200 (Dalton, Georgia) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $848 monthly, set against $40,616 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,473
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$40,616
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dalton and the region
Centroid at 34.7290, -84.9326 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dalton scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$848 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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.
- 29.0%Housing insecurity
- 18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.5%Food insecurity
- 35.5%SNAP enrollment
- 19.4%Transit barriers
- 34.6%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 43.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dalton
What moves this score most is 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 above the Whitfield County average of 5.2 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 87th 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 29.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13313001200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313001200?
Census tract 13313001200 in Dalton scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 13313001200?
Median gross rent is $848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13313001200?
24.4% of residents in tract 13313001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,814.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13313001200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 85th, minority 73th, housing 83th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13313001200 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.0% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13313001200 compare to Dalton overall?
Tract 13313001200 scores 5.4/10, 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.
Tract · GA
13313000401
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
Cannon Heights
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
Cannon Heights
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13313001500
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13313000502
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13313000501
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13313000801
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13313001100
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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