Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

East Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Columbus

Tract 13215011200 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 1,803 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

13215011200 is a census tract in the East Highlands area of Columbus, GA. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,803 residents. Against Muscogee County at 44.6%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 20% Owners 52%

Tract context

Occupied units1,050

Renter share48.1%

SVI overall0.83

Poverty rate13.8%

Median income$48,580

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.4805, -84.9696 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Highlands scores 3.6

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

13.8% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$896 rent vs county FMR

3.1

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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

93%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
64%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
16%Grade B
29%Grade C
25%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.

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.

19.4%Housing insecurity
13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
24.7%Food insecurity
23.0%SNAP enrollment
13.2%Transit barriers
15.2%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
35.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Highlands

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. At $896 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Columbus commands. SNAP participation runs 23.0% against 15.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Muscogee County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $48,580. 48% 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 13215011200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215011200?

Census tract 13215011200 in the East Highlands neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13215011200?

Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215011200?

13.8% of residents in tract 13215011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,803.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215011200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 58th, minority 68th, housing 64th.

Is tract 13215011200 considered part of East Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215011200 fall within East Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215011200 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.4% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215011200 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215011200 scores 3.6/10, right in line with 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 13215011200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 25% 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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