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Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Sagamore Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Athens

Tract 13059130702 · Clarke County, GA · pop 2,851 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

For landlords sizing up Sagamore Hills in Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), census tract 13059130702 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #6,652 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,556 monthly, set against $66,823 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 30% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,524
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$66,823

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Sagamore Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 34 tracts In Athens
Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 34 tracts In Clarke County
Low
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#658 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 33.9332, -83.4812 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sagamore Hills scores 4.9

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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,556 rent vs county FMR
7.7
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 Sagamore Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sagamore Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 130702Athens: 2.72.7Athensparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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

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 Sagamore Hills

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Athens eviction risk-Clarke County unified government (balance), while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Clarke County average of 6.9 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 24th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 13059130702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13059130702?

Census tract 13059130702 in the Sagamore Hills neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 13059130702?

Median gross rent is $1,556/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13059130702?

11.9% of residents in tract 13059130702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,851.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13059130702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 68th, minority 61th, housing 16th.
Q5

Is tract 13059130702 considered part of Sagamore Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13059130702 fall within Sagamore Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13059130702 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13059130702 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 13059130702 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Athens at 2.7/10. 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.

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