Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Tallulah Falls Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13241970302 · Rabun County, GA · pop 1,487 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Tallulah Falls
Census tract 13241970302 belongs to Tallulah Falls, Georgia. It is home to 1,487 residents and scores 4.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 16% of US census tracts.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,198 monthly, set against $56,563 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units645
Renter share16.0%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$56,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tallulah Falls and the region
Centroid at 34.7930, -83.3774 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tallulah Falls scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tallulah Falls
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.1
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,198 rent vs county FMR
6.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tallulah Falls
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tallulah Falls
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tallulah Falls
1.5
How Tallulah Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 11Total filings over 3 yrs
- 16.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.2%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tallulah Falls
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Tallulah Falls, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% 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 13241970302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13241970302?
Census tract 13241970302 in Tallulah Falls scores 3.2/10 (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 13241970302?
Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13241970302?
9.9% of residents in tract 13241970302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,487.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13241970302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 17th, minority 17th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13241970302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 13241970302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.45% of renter households, peaking at 26.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13241970302 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13241970302 compare to Tallulah Falls overall?
Tract 13241970302 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Tallulah Falls at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tallulah Falls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Tallulah Falls
Top eight tracts in Tallulah Falls ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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