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Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally

Ball Ground Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13057090101 · Cherokee County, GA · pop 4,968 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Ball Ground

Tract 13057090101, home to 4,968 residents in Ball Ground in Cherokee County, scores 3.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 8th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

14% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $384 monthly, set against $97,857 in average yearly household income, roughly 5% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 11% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$97,857

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Ball Ground
Moderate
Within county
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#30 of 56 tracts In Cherokee County
Moderate
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#2,472 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very Low
National
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#76,223 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ball Ground and the region

Centroid at 34.3496, -84.3182 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ball Ground scores 1.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ball Ground
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$384 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ball Ground
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ball Ground
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ball Ground
2.5

How Ball Ground compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ball Ground risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.81.8This tracttract 090101Ball Ground: 2.02.0Ball Groundparent cityCounty: 2.02.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

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

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 Ball Ground

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.8/10. 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 Ball Ground, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Cherokee 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 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 13057090101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13057090101?

Census tract 13057090101 in Ball Ground scores 1.8/10 (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 13057090101?

Median gross rent is $384/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13057090101?

3.6% of residents in tract 13057090101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,968.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13057090101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 20th, minority 8th, housing 7th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13057090101 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.9% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13057090101 compare to Ball Ground overall?

Tract 13057090101 scores 1.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Ball Ground at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ball Ground; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ball Ground

Top eight tracts in Ball Ground ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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