Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Clayton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13241970202 · Rabun County, GA · pop 2,440 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Clayton
Clayton is where census tract 13241970202 sits, home to 2,440 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 36% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $943 monthly, set against $65,556 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,146
Renter share25.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$65,556
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clayton and the region
Centroid at 34.9073, -83.2434 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clayton scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clayton
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$943 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clayton
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clayton
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clayton
6.4
How Clayton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 33Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2004)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clayton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Clayton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Rabun County average of 4.7 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13241970202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13241970202?
Census tract 13241970202 in Clayton 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 13241970202?
Median gross rent is $943/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13241970202?
17.1% of residents in tract 13241970202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,440.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13241970202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 42th, minority 8th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13241970202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 13241970202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13241970202 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13241970202 compare to Clayton overall?
Tract 13241970202 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Clayton at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clayton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clayton
Top eight tracts in Clayton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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