Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Commerce Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13157010300 · Jackson County, GA · pop 6,039 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Commerce
Tract 13157010300 covers Commerce in Jackson County in Georgia. Home to 6,039 residents, it scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 54% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,148 a month against an average household income of $70,956 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,997
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$70,956
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Commerce and the region
Centroid at 34.2236, -83.4831 · click any tract to drill in
Why Commerce scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Commerce
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,148 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Commerce
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Commerce
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Commerce
5.7
How Commerce compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 15.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.3%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 16.4%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Commerce
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Commerce, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jackson County average of 4.8 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 78th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13157010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13157010300?
Census tract 13157010300 in Commerce scores 3.1/10 (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 13157010300?
Median gross rent is $1,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13157010300?
13.8% of residents in tract 13157010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13157010300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 66th, minority 57th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13157010300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.5% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13157010300 compare to Commerce overall?
Tract 13157010300 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Commerce at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Commerce; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Commerce
Top eight tracts in Commerce ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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