Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Bethlehem Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13013180502 · Barrow County, GA · pop 5,211 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Bethlehem
Tract 13013180502 covers Bethlehem in Georgia. Home to 5,211 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,496 a month while the average household earns $82,723 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
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
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
29
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 2.9
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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Bethlehem, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Barrow County average of 5.3 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13013180502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13013180502?
Census tract 13013180502 in Bethlehem scores 2.9/10 (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 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Bethlehem at 2.1/10. 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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