Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Jefferson Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Macon-Bibb County
Tract 13021012600 · Bibb County, GA · pop 3,867 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 13021012600 covers Jefferson Hills in Macon-Bibb County in Georgia. Home to 3,867 residents, it scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #5,561 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $833 a month while the average household earns $34,500 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,366
Renter share58.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate27.0%
Median income$34,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Macon-Bibb County and the region
Centroid at 32.8050, -83.6711 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jefferson Hills scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
27.0% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$833 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Jefferson Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,120Total filings over 8 yrs
- 20.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 31.0%Peak (2007)
- 133Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 19% over the past 8 months.
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.
- 32.2%Housing insecurity
- 24.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.3%Food insecurity
- 43.7%SNAP enrollment
- 21.5%Transit barriers
- 20.0%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 45.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jefferson Hills
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 Macon-Bibb County 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 Bibb County average of 6.8 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 32.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 13021012600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13021012600?
Census tract 13021012600 in the Jefferson Hills neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 13021012600?
Median gross rent is $833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13021012600?
27.0% of residents in tract 13021012600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,867.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13021012600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 84th, minority 91th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 13021012600 considered part of Jefferson Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13021012600 fall within Jefferson Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13021012600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,120 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13021012600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.55% of renter households, peaking at 31.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13021012600 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.2% 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. 24.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13021012600 compare to Macon-Bibb County overall?
Tract 13021012600 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Macon-Bibb County at 2.8/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 13021012600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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