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Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Garden City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13051010603 · Chatham County, GA · pop 2,459 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Garden City

Census tract 13051010603 covers part of Garden City, GA, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 27% here against 46.6% across Chatham County.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 51% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,120
Renter share70.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$64,524

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Garden City
Moderate
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#51 of 87 tracts In Chatham County
Moderate
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#1,625 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Garden City and the region

Centroid at 32.1041, -81.1811 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garden City scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Garden City
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,276 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Garden City
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Garden City
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Garden City
2.6

How Garden City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Garden City risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0106033.4Garden Cityparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 145Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 22.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.5%Peak (2011)
  • 145Filings in 2011 (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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garden City

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.6/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 145 evictions over 1 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 22.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 22.5% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. It tracks the Chatham County average of 4.1 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,276, close to the Garden City average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $64,524.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13051010603

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13051010603?

Census tract 13051010603 in Garden City scores 3.6/10 (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 13051010603?

Median gross rent is $1,276/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13051010603?

13.6% of residents in tract 13051010603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,459.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13051010603?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 52th, minority 80th, housing 61th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13051010603?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13051010603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.45% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13051010603 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.4% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13051010603 compare to Garden City overall?

Tract 13051010603 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Garden City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Garden City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Garden City

Top eight tracts in Garden City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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