Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Emerald Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Jonesboro
Tract 13063040627 · Clayton County, GA · pop 5,775 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
How risky is the Emerald Hills neighborhood of Jonesboro for landlords? Census tract 13063040627 scores 7.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $79,736 a year. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
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
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
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 4.3
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 score leans hardest on 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 Jonesboro, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Clayton County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 13063040627
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13063040627?
Census tract 13063040627 in the Emerald Hills neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Jonesboro at 3/10. 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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