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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

East Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbus

Tract 13215001800 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 1,264 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

The East Highlands area of Columbus is where census tract 13215001800 sits, home to 1,264 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.8/10. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.

33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $699 a month against an average household income of $51,324 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 48% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units670
Renter share71.9%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate27.1%
Median income$51,324

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In East Highlands
Very High
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#23 of 59 tracts In Columbus
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 59 tracts In Muscogee County
Elevated
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#184 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4769, -84.9758 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Highlands scores 6

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
27.1% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$699 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 East Highlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Highlands risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 001800Columbus: 2.72.7Columbusparent cityCounty: 5.45.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

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.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Highlands. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Highlands

What moves this score most is economic stress at 6.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Columbus eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Muscogee County average of 5.0 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 82% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 13215001800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215001800?

Census tract 13215001800 in the East Highlands neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 13215001800?

Median gross rent is $699/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215001800?

27.1% of residents in tract 13215001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,264.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215001800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 8th, minority 64th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 13215001800 considered part of East Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215001800 fall within East Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13215001800 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.1% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13215001800 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215001800 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Columbus at 2.7/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 13215001800 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. 82% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Columbus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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