Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Smoketree Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13135050446 ·
Gwinnett County, GA · pop 3,625 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 13135050446, home to 3,625 residents in Smoketree in Gwinnett, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 81% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,461 monthly, set against $50,364 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 57%Stable renters 13%Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units1,399
Renter share70.8%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$50,364
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Smoketree
Very High
Within county
93th percentile
#17 of 220 tracts In Gwinnett County
Very High
Within state
69th percentile
#864 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
National
61th percentile
#32,735 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gwinnett County and the region
Centroid at 33.8864, -84.1981 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smoketree scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,461 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Smoketree compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
94%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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)
1,995Total filings 2020-21
26.3Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
25.9%Housing insecurity
14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
32.4%Food insecurity
24.8%SNAP enrollment
15.7%Transit barriers
29.7%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smoketree
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 6.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Georgia eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Gwinnett County average of 5.8 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 89th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 25.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 13135050446
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050446?
Census tract 13135050446 in the Smoketree neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 average rent in tract 13135050446?
Median gross rent is $1,461/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050446?
25.5% of residents in tract 13135050446 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050446?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 63th, minority 93th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 13135050446 considered part of Smoketree?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050446 fall within Smoketree (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13135050446 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.9% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.