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

Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 13215002300 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 1,462 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

13215002300 is a census tract in the Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court area of Columbus, GA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 33% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units752
Renter share58.5%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate31.6%
Median income$38,600

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#18 of 59 tracts In Columbus
Elevated
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 59 tracts In Muscogee County
Very High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#681 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4637, -84.9664 · click any tract to drill in

Why Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court 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
31.6% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$812 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 0023003.6Columbusparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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 Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court. 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 Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $812 a month, rents run 27% under what the rest of Columbus commands. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.9/10.

SNAP participation runs 24.0% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Muscogee County average of 4.1. Food insecurity runs 25.4% against 17.8% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13215002300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215002300?

Census tract 13215002300 in the Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court 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.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 13215002300?

Median gross rent is $812/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215002300?

31.6% of residents in tract 13215002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,462.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215002300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 55th, minority 69th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 13215002300 considered part of Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215002300 fall within Martin Luther King JR Boulevard / Havenbrook Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13215002300 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.4% 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. 15.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13215002300 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215002300 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.
Q8

Was tract 13215002300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 7% 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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