Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
The Retreat South Eviction Risk: Elevated , Athens
Tract 13059150400 · Clarke County, GA · pop 4,423 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 13059150400 covers part of the The Retreat South area of Athens, GA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,423 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units1,871
Renter share93.9%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate57.2%
Median income$32,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Athens and the region
Centroid at 33.9070, -83.3696 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Retreat South scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
57.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,233 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 The Retreat South compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.4%Food insecurity
- 27.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.5%Transit barriers
- 15.7%No health insurance
- 26.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Retreat South
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 57%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Annualized rent equals 46% of average household income of $32,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.
This is renter territory: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.9/10. Against the Clarke County average of 5.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Food insecurity runs 30.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 27.3% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13059150400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13059150400?
Census tract 13059150400 in the The Retreat South neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 13059150400?
Median gross rent is $1,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13059150400?
57.2% of residents in tract 13059150400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,423.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13059150400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 1th, minority 38th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 13059150400 considered part of The Retreat South?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13059150400 fall within The Retreat South (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13059150400 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13059150400 compare to Athens overall?
Tract 13059150400 scores 7.3/10, higher 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.
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