Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Jefferson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13157010704 · Jackson County, GA · pop 3,812 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Jefferson
Census tract 13157010704 belongs to Jefferson in Jackson County, Georgia. It is home to 3,812 residents and scores 4.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 36th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $908 a month while the average household earns $115,417 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,114
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$115,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Jefferson and the region
Centroid at 34.1532, -83.6034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jefferson scores 1.5
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
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$908 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%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 about the same as the Jackson County average of 4.8 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st 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 13157010704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13157010704?
Census tract 13157010704 in Jefferson scores 1.5/10 (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 13157010704?
Median gross rent is $908/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13157010704?
0.8% of residents in tract 13157010704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,812.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13157010704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 7th, minority 12th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13157010704 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13157010704 compare to Jefferson overall?
Tract 13157010704 scores 1.5/10, lower than 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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