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Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Cornelia Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13137000400 · Habersham County, GA · pop 4,989 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Cornelia

With a score of 3.6/10, tract 13137000400 in Cornelia, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is housing-court posture at 8.6/10.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 14% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,740
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$81,550

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Cornelia
Very Low
Within county
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 11 tracts In Habersham County
Low
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#1,625 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
National
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#56,048 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cornelia and the region

Centroid at 34.5403, -83.4700 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cornelia scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cornelia
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$926 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cornelia
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cornelia
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cornelia
8.6

How Cornelia compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cornelia risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0004004.1Corneliaparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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)

  • 10Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.8%Peak (2004)
  • 10Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cornelia

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 1.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 10 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Against Habersham County at 35.3%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. The worst year on record was 2004, when 3.8% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 21% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $81,550, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13137000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000400?

Census tract 13137000400 in Cornelia scores 3.6/10 (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 13137000400?

Median gross rent is $926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000400?

13.0% of residents in tract 13137000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,989.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 76th, minority 51th, housing 59th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13137000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13137000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.83% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13137000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13137000400 compare to Cornelia overall?

Tract 13137000400 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Cornelia at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cornelia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cornelia

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

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