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Highland Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Macon-Bibb County

Tract 13021011701 · Bibb County, GA · pop 2,948 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

13021011701 is a census tract in the Highland Hills area of Macon-Bibb County, GA. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,948 residents. The severe-burden share is 47%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 26% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,055
Renter share65.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate36.7%
Median income$36,504

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Highland Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#14 of 48 tracts In Macon-Bibb County
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 48 tracts In Bibb County
Elevated
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Macon-Bibb County and the region

Centroid at 32.8727, -83.5959 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Hills scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
36.7% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$941 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Macon-Bibb County
8.4

How Highland Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0117014.6Macon-Bibb Countyparent city4.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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)

  • 928Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 29.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 44.5%Peak (2011)
  • 198Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2011
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13021011701
Filings climbed 254% over the past 8 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highland Hills. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Hills

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 9.2/10.

The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 33.2% against 14.2% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Bibb County at 51.4%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Disability prevalence runs 44.9% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Bibb County average of 4.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 928 evictions over 8 years of observation.

Average gross rent is $941, 12% below the Macon-Bibb County average. The worst year on record was 2011, when 44.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 29.8% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13021011701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13021011701?

Census tract 13021011701 in the Highland Hills neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 13021011701?

Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13021011701?

36.7% of residents in tract 13021011701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,948.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13021011701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 38th, minority 96th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 13021011701 considered part of Highland Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13021011701 fall within Highland Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13021011701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 928 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13021011701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.85% of renter households, peaking at 44.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13021011701 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.2% 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. 27.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13021011701 compare to Macon-Bibb County overall?

Tract 13021011701 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Macon-Bibb County at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Macon-Bibb County eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Macon-Bibb County

Top eight tracts in Macon-Bibb County ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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