Waverly Place Eviction Risk: Elevated , Macon-Bibb County

The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $22,396, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 28.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.6% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $814, 24% below the Macon-Bibb County average.

Against Bibb County at 51.4%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Bibb County average of 4.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 959 eviction filings across 8 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2007 at 39.5% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Macon. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

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