Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Northstar Eviction Risk: Moderate , Columbus

Tract 13215010702 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 5,907 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

13215010702 is a census tract in the Northstar area of Columbus, GA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,907 residents. Severe burden reaches 60%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 4% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units2,259

Renter share26.8%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate16.6%

Median income$44,112

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4457, -84.9104 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northstar scores 4

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

16.6% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$1,221 rent vs county FMR

6.0

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 Northstar compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

59%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
26%Housing & transportation

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.

21.6%Housing insecurity
15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
26.2%Food insecurity
23.5%SNAP enrollment
13.3%Transit barriers
13.2%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
34.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northstar

Cost burden runs 85% here against 44.6% across Muscogee County. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $44,112, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Food insecurity runs 26.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 21.6% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,221, 10% above the Columbus average. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Muscogee County average of 4.1 closely.

27% 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 13215010702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215010702?

Census tract 13215010702 in the Northstar neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 13215010702?

Median gross rent is $1,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215010702?

16.6% of residents in tract 13215010702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,907.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215010702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 78th, minority 93th, housing 26th.

Is tract 13215010702 considered part of Northstar?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215010702 fall within Northstar (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215010702 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.6% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215010702 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215010702 scores 4/10, 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.

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