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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Waleska Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13057090201 · Cherokee County, GA · pop 2,226 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Waleska

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 13057090201 in Waleska, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,226 residents. Severe burden reaches 55%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 5% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units897
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$81,168

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Waleska
Very High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 56 tracts In Cherokee County
Very High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#398 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waleska and the region

Centroid at 34.3163, -84.5215 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waleska scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Waleska
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waleska
9.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waleska
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waleska
5.9

How Waleska compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waleska risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0902014.1Waleskaparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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 Waleska

Against Cherokee County at 45.3%, roughly three in four of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,313, 49% above the Waleska average.

What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.2/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Cherokee County average of 4.0. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.4/10.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $81,168.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13057090201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13057090201?

Census tract 13057090201 in Waleska scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 13057090201?

Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13057090201?

14.0% of residents in tract 13057090201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,226.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13057090201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 27th, minority 3th, housing 9th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13057090201 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13057090201 compare to Waleska overall?

Tract 13057090201 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Waleska at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waleska; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waleska

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

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