Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Mederer Acres Eviction Risk: Moderate , Valdosta
Tract 13185011100 · Lowndes County, GA · pop 3,122 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
13185011100 is a census tract in the Mederer Acres area of Valdosta, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,122 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,179
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$57,534
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Valdosta and the region
Centroid at 30.8529, -83.2902 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mederer Acres scores 5.7
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
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,033 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.6%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 15.1%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 24.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mederer Acres
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.1/10.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Lowndes County at 42.1%, 48% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 0.8 points above the Lowndes County average of 4.9.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,033, close to the Valdosta average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $57,534. 60% 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 13185011100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13185011100?
Census tract 13185011100 in the Mederer Acres neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 13185011100?
Median gross rent is $1,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13185011100?
20.6% of residents in tract 13185011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,122.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13185011100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 4th, minority 55th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 13185011100 considered part of Mederer Acres?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13185011100 fall within Mederer Acres (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13185011100 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13185011100 compare to Valdosta overall?
Tract 13185011100 scores 5.7/10, higher 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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