Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Mederer Acres Eviction Risk: Moderate , Valdosta
Tract 13185010401 · Lowndes County, GA · pop 1,431 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 13185010401 covers part of the Mederer Acres area of Valdosta, GA, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,431 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units640
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$57,348
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Valdosta and the region
Centroid at 30.8637, -83.2964 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mederer Acres scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Valdosta
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$895 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Valdosta
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Valdosta
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Valdosta
8.1
How Mederer Acres compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mederer Acres. 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mederer Acres
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 48% here against 42.1% across Lowndes County.
At $895 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Valdosta commands. Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Lowndes County average of 4.9 closely.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $57,348. 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13185010401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13185010401?
Census tract 13185010401 in the Mederer Acres neighborhood 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 13185010401?
Median gross rent is $895/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13185010401?
10.6% of residents in tract 13185010401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,431.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13185010401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 18th, minority 24th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 13185010401 considered part of Mederer Acres?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13185010401 fall within Mederer Acres (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13185010401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13185010401 compare to Valdosta overall?
Tract 13185010401 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Valdosta at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Valdosta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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