Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally

North Highlands Eviction Risk: Elevated , Columbus

Tract 13215011400 · Muscogee County, GA · pop 2,400 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

In the North Highlands neighborhood of Columbus, census tract 13215011400 scores 5.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $880 a month against an average household income of $42,188 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 50% Owners 28%

Tract context

Occupied units793

Renter share71.5%

SVI overall0.93

Poverty rate38.9%

Median income$42,188

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Columbus and the region

Centroid at 32.5020, -84.9894 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Highlands scores 6.4

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

38.9% poverty · this tract

9.7

Supply constraint

$880 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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 North Highlands compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

98%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
78%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
18%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.

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.

26.2%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
35.5%Food insecurity
34.4%SNAP enrollment
18.3%Transit barriers
22.9%No health insurance
24.2%Frequent mental distress
43.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Highlands

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.7/10. 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 riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 26.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13215011400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13215011400?

Census tract 13215011400 in the North Highlands neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13215011400?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13215011400?

38.9% of residents in tract 13215011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,400.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13215011400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 82th, minority 66th, housing 78th.

Is tract 13215011400 considered part of North Highlands?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13215011400 fall within North Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 13215011400 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.2% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13215011400 compare to Columbus overall?

Tract 13215011400 scores 6.4/10, 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.

Was tract 13215011400 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. 18% 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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