Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Clarkesville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13137000204 · Habersham County, GA · pop 1,671 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Clarkesville
13137000204 is a census tract in Clarkesville, GA. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units539
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$86,467
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clarkesville and the region
Centroid at 34.6374, -83.5747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clarkesville scores 3.7
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
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clarkesville
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.5/10. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Against Habersham County at 35.3%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $1,059 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Clarkesville commands. The voucher gap is 15.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.7/10.
Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $86,467, an unusually wide affordability cushion. It tracks the Habersham County average of 3.9 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 13137000204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000204?
Census tract 13137000204 in Clarkesville 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 13137000204?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000204?
18.9% of residents in tract 13137000204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 69th, minority 10th, housing 31th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13137000204 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13137000204 compare to Clarkesville overall?
Tract 13137000204 scores 3.7/10, 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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