Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Gainesville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13139000602 · Hall County, GA · pop 4,064 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Gainesville

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13139000602 (Gainesville in Hall County, Georgia) comes in at 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.

About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,290 a month while the average household earns $66,127 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 23% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units1,564

Renter share47.6%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate15.5%

Median income$66,127

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 34.3302, -83.7759 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gainesville scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Gainesville

3.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.8

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

15.5% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$1,290 rent vs county FMR

3.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Gainesville

7.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Gainesville

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Gainesville

7.9

How Gainesville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

72%Socioeconomic
69%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
93%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.

13.9%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
17.9%Food insecurity
13.7%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
15.9%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
35.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gainesville

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gainesville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Hall County average of 5.6 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 13139000602

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13139000602?

Census tract 13139000602 in Gainesville scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13139000602?

Median gross rent is $1,290/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13139000602?

15.5% of residents in tract 13139000602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,064.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13139000602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 69th, minority 55th, housing 93th.

What share of households in tract 13139000602 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13139000602 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 13139000602 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Gainesville at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gainesville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gainesville

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