Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Tara Way Eviction Risk: Moderate , Athens

Tract 13059001700 · Clarke County, GA · pop 1,948 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

13059001700 is a census tract in the Tara Way area of Athens, GA. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,948 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 13% Owners 67%

Tract context

Occupied units854

Renter share32.4%

SVI overall0.74

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$77,917

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 33.9600, -83.4261 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tara Way scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Athens

7.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.1

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$898 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Athens

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Athens

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Athens

8.6

How Tara Way compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

65%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
44%Housing & transportation

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.

12.0%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
14.4%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
10.8%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tara Way

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.

At $898 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Athens commands. It sits 1.4 points below the Clarke County average of 5.9. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Clarke County average of 54.5%. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $77,917, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13059001700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13059001700?

Census tract 13059001700 in the Tara Way neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13059001700?

Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13059001700?

8.4% of residents in tract 13059001700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,948.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13059001700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 97th, minority 53th, housing 44th.

Is tract 13059001700 considered part of Tara Way?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13059001700 fall within Tara Way (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13059001700 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13059001700 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 13059001700 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Athens at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Athens

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