Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Bethlehem Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13013180502 · Barrow County, GA · pop 5,211 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Bethlehem
13013180502 is a census tract in Bethlehem, GA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,609
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$82,723
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bethlehem and the region
Centroid at 33.9355, -83.6797 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bethlehem scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bethlehem
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bethlehem
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bethlehem
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bethlehem
3.6
How Bethlehem compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 54Total filings over 3 yrs
- 7.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2003)
- 28Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bethlehem
At $1,496 a month, rents run 54% over what the rest of Bethlehem commands. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 54 evictions over 3 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 11.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. roughly one in two of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Barrow County average of 3.8 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13013180502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13013180502?
Census tract 13013180502 in Bethlehem scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 13013180502?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13013180502?
13.7% of residents in tract 13013180502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,211.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13013180502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 53th, minority 47th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13013180502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 13013180502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.13% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13013180502 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13013180502 compare to Bethlehem overall?
Tract 13013180502 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bethlehem at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethlehem; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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