Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13067031118 · Cobb County, GA · pop 5,501 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 4/10, tract 13067031118 in the Smyrna Heights area of Smyrna, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,501. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,328
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$123,272
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 33.8555, -84.5269 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna Heights scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smyrna
7.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$2,165 rent vs county FMR
6.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smyrna
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smyrna
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smyrna
5.5
How Smyrna Heights 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.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 154Total filings over 1 yrs
- 18.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.6%Peak (2016)
- 154Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,082Total filings 2020-21
- 14.2Avg 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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Smyrna Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smyrna Heights
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10.
Average gross rent is $2,165, 24% above the Smyrna average. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Cobb County average of 44.2%.
The voucher gap is 18.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The filing record is not thin: 154 evictions over 1 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 8.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 18.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 18.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. It tracks the Cobb County average of 3.9 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 13067031118
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13067031118?
Census tract 13067031118 in the Smyrna Heights neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 13067031118?
Median gross rent is $2,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13067031118?
13.8% of residents in tract 13067031118 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,501.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13067031118?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 65th, minority 56th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 13067031118 considered part of Smyrna Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13067031118 fall within Smyrna Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13067031118?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13067031118 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.58% of renter households, peaking at 18.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13067031118 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13067031118 compare to Smyrna overall?
Tract 13067031118 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Smyrna at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smyrna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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