Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

City Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 13215001600 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,276 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

13215001600 is a census tract in the City Village area of Columbus, GA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 65% Stable renters 25% Owners 10%

Tract context

Occupied units1,216

Renter share90.0%

SVI overall0.94

Poverty rate35.8%

Median income$18,455

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4873, -84.9907 · click any tract to drill in

Why City Village scores 5

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

35.8% poverty · this tract

8.9

Supply constraint

$818 rent vs county FMR

2.4

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 City Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

97%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
76%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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
2%Grade C
46%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.

34.2%Housing insecurity
26.4%Utility-shutoff threat
44.2%Food insecurity
45.6%SNAP enrollment
24.3%Transit barriers
22.1%No health insurance
26.2%Frequent mental distress
43.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in City Village

Cost burden runs 73% here against 44.6% across Muscogee County. Annualized rent equals 53% of average household income of $18,455, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Food insecurity runs 44.2% against 17.8% nationally. This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running hot, economic stress reads 8.9/10. Average gross rent is $818, 26% below the Columbus average. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 22.1% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Muscogee County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13215001600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215001600?

Census tract 13215001600 in the City Village neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13215001600?

Median gross rent is $818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215001600?

35.8% of residents in tract 13215001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,276.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 78th, minority 76th, housing 85th.

Is tract 13215001600 considered part of City Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215001600 fall within City Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215001600 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.2% 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. 26.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215001600 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215001600 scores 5/10, higher 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 13215001600 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. 46% 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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