Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Dakota Mill Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Buford
Tract 13135050633 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 2,504 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 13135050633 in the Dakota Mill Creek area of Buford, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,052
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$73,737
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buford and the region
Centroid at 34.0662, -83.9720 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dakota Mill Creek scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buford
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,563 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buford
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buford
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buford
6.2
How Dakota Mill Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 886Total filings 2020-21
- 11.7Avg 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 Dakota Mill Creek. 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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.5%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 17.1%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dakota Mill Creek
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,563, 15% above the Buford average. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 56% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Gwinnett County average of 4.1 closely.
Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $73,737.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13135050633
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050633?
Census tract 13135050633 in the Dakota Mill Creek neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 13135050633?
Median gross rent is $1,563/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050633?
3.6% of residents in tract 13135050633 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,504.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050633?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 74th, minority 86th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 13135050633 considered part of Dakota Mill Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050633 fall within Dakota Mill Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13135050633 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13135050633 compare to Buford overall?
Tract 13135050633 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Buford at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buford; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Buford
Top eight tracts in Buford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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13135050110
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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13135050111
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
Dakota Mill Creek
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Pebble Brook
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Woodbriar East
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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13135050631
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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13139001607
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13135050113
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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