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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Jefferson Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13157010701 · Jackson County, GA · pop 2,487 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Jefferson

Census tract 13157010701 covers part of Jefferson, GA, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,487. 61% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 8% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units913
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$53,886

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Jefferson
Very High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 17 tracts In Jackson County
Very High
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#823 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Jefferson and the region

Centroid at 34.1467, -83.5318 · click any tract to drill in

Why Jefferson scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Jefferson
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$813 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Jefferson
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Jefferson
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Jefferson
4.8

How Jefferson compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Jefferson risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0107013.4Jeffersonparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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 Jefferson

Cost burden runs 72% here against 38.4% across Jackson County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.6/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.

Average gross rent is $813, 24% below the Jefferson average. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10. Against the Jackson County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $53,886.

27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13157010701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13157010701?

Census tract 13157010701 in Jefferson scores 4.8/10 (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 13157010701?

Median gross rent is $813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13157010701?

18.6% of residents in tract 13157010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,487.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13157010701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 21th, minority 26th, housing 95th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13157010701 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13157010701 compare to Jefferson overall?

Tract 13157010701 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Jefferson at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Jefferson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Jefferson

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

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