Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
West Rome Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13115000500 · Floyd County, GA · pop 3,536 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 13115000500 sits in the West Rome area of Rome eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 3,536. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,586
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate34.9%
Median income$34,522
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rome and the region
Centroid at 34.2808, -85.2059 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Rome scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rome
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
34.9% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$871 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rome
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rome
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rome
7.8
How West Rome compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 611Total filings over 5 yrs
- 15.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.7%Peak (2016)
- 140Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 5 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Rome. 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.
- 24.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.4%Food insecurity
- 26.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.7%Transit barriers
- 26.6%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Rome
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10.
57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Floyd County average of 43.6%. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, economic stress reads 8.7/10. Food insecurity runs 31.4% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Floyd County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
At $871 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Rome commands. Court records carry 611 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2016, when 16.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 15.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.
Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13115000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13115000500?
Census tract 13115000500 in the West Rome neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 13115000500?
Median gross rent is $871/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13115000500?
34.9% of residents in tract 13115000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,536.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13115000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 89th, minority 74th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 13115000500 considered part of West Rome?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13115000500 fall within West Rome (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13115000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 611 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13115000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.76% of renter households, peaking at 16.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13115000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.1% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13115000500 compare to Rome overall?
Tract 13115000500 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Rome at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rome eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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