Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Mountain City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13241970103 · Rabun County, GA · pop 2,355 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Mountain City
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13241970103 (Mountain City, Georgia) comes in at 3.9/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 11% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 22% of renter households, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $865 a month against an average household income of $57,214 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units894
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate21.9%
Median income$57,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mountain City and the region
Centroid at 34.9418, -83.3609 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mountain City scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mountain City
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
21.9% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$865 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountain City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountain City
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountain City
1.6
How Mountain City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mountain City
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.5/10. 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 Mountain City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Rabun County average of 4.7 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 76th 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 13241970103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13241970103?
Census tract 13241970103 in Mountain City scores 4.9/10 (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 13241970103?
Median gross rent is $865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13241970103?
21.9% of residents in tract 13241970103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,355.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13241970103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 92th, minority 13th, housing 76th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13241970103 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13241970103 compare to Mountain City overall?
Tract 13241970103 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Mountain City at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountain City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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