Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Waleska Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13057090202 · Cherokee County, GA · pop 7,129 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Waleska
How risky is Waleska for landlords? Census tract 13057090202 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #35,537 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,883 a month against an average household income of $112,727 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,440
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$112,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waleska and the region
Centroid at 34.3288, -84.6053 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waleska scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,883 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waleska
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.2/10. 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 Waleska, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cherokee County average of 5.3 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13057090202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13057090202?
Census tract 13057090202 in Waleska 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 13057090202?
Median gross rent is $1,883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13057090202?
7.3% of residents in tract 13057090202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,129.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13057090202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 5th, minority 20th, housing 33th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13057090202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13057090202 compare to Waleska overall?
Tract 13057090202 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Waleska at 2.6/10. 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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