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Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Benning Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus

Tract 13215010801 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,368 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 3.3/10, tract 13215010801 in the Benning Hills area of Columbus, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,368. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 44.6% across Muscogee County.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 74% Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units687
Renter share97.2%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$72,471

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Benning Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 59 tracts In Columbus
Low
Within county
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 59 tracts In Muscogee County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#1,865 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.3957, -84.9382 · click any tract to drill in

Why Benning Hills scores 3.3

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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,523 rent vs county FMR
8.7
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 Benning Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Benning Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0108013.6Columbusparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Benning Hills. 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 Benning Hills

This is renter territory: 97% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The voucher gap is 37.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. At $1,523 a month, rents run 38% over what the rest of Columbus commands.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running hot, supply constraint reads 8.7/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.

Disability prevalence runs 19.5% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Muscogee County average of 4.1.

Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13215010801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215010801?

Census tract 13215010801 in the Benning Hills neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 13215010801?

Median gross rent is $1,523/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215010801?

16.5% of residents in tract 13215010801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,368.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215010801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 45th, minority 70th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 13215010801 considered part of Benning Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215010801 fall within Benning Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13215010801 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13215010801 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215010801 scores 3.3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Columbus

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

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