Marietta Eviction Risk: Moderate

Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

79% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cobb County average of 44.2%. Set annual rent against average income of $55,491 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.0 points above the Cobb County average of 3.9.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.2% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 442 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2016, when 27.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 27.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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