Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Emerald Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Jonesboro
Tract 13063040627 · Clayton County, GA · pop 5,775 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 13063040627 in the Emerald Hills area of Jonesboro, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,775 residents. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$79,736
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jonesboro and the region
Centroid at 33.5136, -84.3387 · click any tract to drill in
Why Emerald Hills scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Jonesboro
8.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.5
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jonesboro
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jonesboro
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jonesboro
8.9
How Emerald Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 632Total filings 2020-21
- 8.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 22.5%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.1%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 15.3%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Emerald Hills
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10.
Against Clayton County at 53.3%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Food insecurity runs 26.1% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 22.5% against 14.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Clayton County average of 4.4 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13063040627
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13063040627?
Census tract 13063040627 in the Emerald Hills neighborhood scores 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.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 13063040627?
20.0% of residents in tract 13063040627 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,775.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 13063040627?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 84th, minority 90th, housing 57th.
Q4
Is tract 13063040627 considered part of Emerald Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13063040627 fall within Emerald Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 13063040627 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.5% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13063040627 compare to Jonesboro overall?
Tract 13063040627 scores 5/10, right in line with the parent city of Jonesboro at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jonesboro; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Jonesboro
Top eight tracts in Jonesboro ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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