Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Clarkesville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13137000201 · Habersham County, GA · pop 4,159 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Clarkesville
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 13137000201 in Clarkesville, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $801, 37% below the Clarkesville average.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,715
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$56,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clarkesville and the region
Centroid at 34.6008, -83.6023 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clarkesville scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clarkesville
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$801 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clarkesville
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clarkesville
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clarkesville
5.4
How Clarkesville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 16Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.4%Peak (2004)
- 16Filings in 2004 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clarkesville
Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10. Running cool, regional political climate reads 1.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 10.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $56,250, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 35% of renters. It tracks the Habersham County average of 3.9 closely.
25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13137000201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000201?
Census tract 13137000201 in Clarkesville scores 3.8/10 (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 13137000201?
Median gross rent is $801/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000201?
11.8% of residents in tract 13137000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,159.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 72th, minority 21th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13137000201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13137000201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.35% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13137000201 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13137000201 compare to Clarkesville overall?
Tract 13137000201 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Clarkesville at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clarkesville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clarkesville
Top eight tracts in Clarkesville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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