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Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Demorest Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13137000502 · Habersham County, GA · pop 6,027 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Demorest

With a score of 3.7/10, tract 13137000502 in Demorest, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,027. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 19% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$64,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Demorest
Moderate
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Habersham County
Moderate
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,551 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
National
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#54,273 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Demorest and the region

Centroid at 34.5654, -83.5389 · click any tract to drill in

Why Demorest scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Demorest
2.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.8
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,017 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Demorest
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Demorest
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Demorest
3.9

How Demorest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Demorest risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0005024.0Demorestparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

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 Demorest

Running cool, regional political climate reads 1.8/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10. At $1,017 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Demorest commands.

12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for around a third of renters.

It tracks the Habersham County average of 3.9 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $64,417. 29% 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 13137000502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13137000502?

Census tract 13137000502 in Demorest 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 13137000502?

Median gross rent is $1,017/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13137000502?

10.7% of residents in tract 13137000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,027.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13137000502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 74th, minority 27th, housing 89th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13137000502 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13137000502 compare to Demorest overall?

Tract 13137000502 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Demorest at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Demorest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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