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Westside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Gainesville

Tract 13139001101 · Hall County, GA · pop 5,551 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 13139001101 in the Westside area of Gainesville, GA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,551. Adults with no health insurance runs 47.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 46% Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,491
Renter share83.8%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate26.6%
Median income$63,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Westside
Moderate
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 26 tracts In Gainesville
High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 50 tracts In Hall County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gainesville and the region

Centroid at 34.2842, -83.8350 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westside scores 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
26.6% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Westside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Westside risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0011014.6Gainesvilleparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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)

  • 66Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 6.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.9%Peak (2003)
  • 66Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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 Westside

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. This is renter territory: 84% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9/10.

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Hall County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.

Disability prevalence runs 45.6% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,094 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Gainesville commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 66 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 6.9% of renter households.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13139001101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13139001101?

Census tract 13139001101 in the Westside neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 13139001101?

Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13139001101?

26.6% of residents in tract 13139001101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,551.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13139001101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 89th, minority 94th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 13139001101 considered part of Westside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13139001101 fall within Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13139001101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 13139001101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.87% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13139001101 struggle to pay rent?

About 38.1% 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. 21.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13139001101 compare to Gainesville overall?

Tract 13139001101 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Gainesville at 4.6/10. 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.

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