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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Forest East Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lawrenceville

Tract 13135050522 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 5,240 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

13135050522 is a census tract in the Forest East area of Lawrenceville, GA. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,240 residents. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 22% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,333
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$44,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Forest East
Moderate
Within parent city
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 20 tracts In Lawrenceville
High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 220 tracts In Gwinnett County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lawrenceville and the region

Centroid at 33.9360, -83.9729 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest East scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lawrenceville
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,486 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lawrenceville
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lawrenceville
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lawrenceville
8.0

How Forest East compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest East risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0505224.6Lawrencevilleparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,083Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 15.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.0%Peak (2015)
  • 165Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13135050522
Filings climbed 267% over the past 9 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 612Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest East

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10. Set annual rent against average income of $44,417 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Against the Gwinnett County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Adults with no health insurance runs 20.5% against 11.3% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 1,083 evictions over 9 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 18.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 15.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13135050522

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050522?

Census tract 13135050522 in the Forest East neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 13135050522?

Median gross rent is $1,486/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050522?

21.1% of residents in tract 13135050522 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,240.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050522?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 82th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 13135050522 considered part of Forest East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050522 fall within Forest East (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13135050522?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,083 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 13135050522 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.59% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13135050522 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.6% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13135050522 compare to Lawrenceville overall?

Tract 13135050522 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Lawrenceville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawrenceville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lawrenceville

Top eight tracts in Lawrenceville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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