Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Kingston Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus

Tract 13215000200 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,283 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 13215000200 in the Kingston area of Columbus, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,283 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 33% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units909

Renter share48.3%

SVI overall0.33

Poverty rate9.5%

Median income$47,058

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.5157, -84.9640 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kingston scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Columbus

4.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.2

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

9.5% poverty · this tract

2.4

Supply constraint

$1,146 rent vs county FMR

5.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Columbus

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Columbus

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Columbus

3.0

How Kingston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

50%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
9%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
1%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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.

11.3%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
12.9%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
29.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kingston

Against Muscogee County at 44.6%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against the Muscogee County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Columbus. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,146, close to the Columbus average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $47,058.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13215000200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215000200?

Census tract 13215000200 in the Kingston neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13215000200?

Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215000200?

9.5% of residents in tract 13215000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,283.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215000200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 63th, minority 42th, housing 9th.

Is tract 13215000200 considered part of Kingston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215000200 fall within Kingston (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215000200 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215000200 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215000200 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Columbus at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbus eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 13215000200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

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