Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Buchanan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13143010100 · Haralson County, GA · pop 3,636 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Buchanan
Census tract 13143010100 sits in Buchanan, Georgia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #26,267 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $890 a month against an average household income of $56,791 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,360
Renter share26.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate36.4%
Median income$56,791
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buchanan and the region
Centroid at 33.8635, -85.1300 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buchanan scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buchanan
2.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
36.4% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$890 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buchanan
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buchanan
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buchanan
6.3
How Buchanan compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
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)
- 336Total filings over 14 yrs
- 7.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2000)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 22.0%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 15.2%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 41.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buchanan
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Buchanan, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Haralson County average of 5.0 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13143010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13143010100?
Census tract 13143010100 in Buchanan scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 13143010100?
Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13143010100?
36.4% of residents in tract 13143010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,636.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13143010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 27th, minority 1th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13143010100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 336 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 13143010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.82% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13143010100 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13143010100 compare to Buchanan overall?
Tract 13143010100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Buchanan at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buchanan; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Buchanan
Top eight tracts in Buchanan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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