Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Jefferson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13157010703 · Jackson County, GA · pop 3,877 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Jefferson
In Jefferson, census tract 13157010703 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
100% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $103,357 a year. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,382
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$103,357
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jefferson and the region
Centroid at 34.0648, -83.6335 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jefferson scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jefferson
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.2/10. 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 Jefferson, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13157010703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13157010703?
Census tract 13157010703 in Jefferson scores 2.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 13157010703?
10.3% of residents in tract 13157010703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,877.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 13157010703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 42th, minority 16th, housing 12th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 13157010703 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 13157010703 compare to Jefferson overall?
Tract 13157010703 scores 2.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Jefferson at 2/10. 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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