Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Rockbrook Eviction Risk: Lower , Augusta
Tract 13245001602 · Richmond County, GA · pop 4,032 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
13245001602 is a census tract in the Rockbrook area of Augusta, GA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,032. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,741
Renter share28.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$78,221
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Augusta and the region
Centroid at 33.4817, -82.0463 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rockbrook scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Augusta
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,119 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Augusta
1.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Augusta
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Augusta
3.2
How Rockbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 17%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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.
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)
- 641Total filings over 9 yrs
- 5.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2007)
- 42Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Rockbrook. 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rockbrook
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.2/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the Richmond County average of 4.0. Court records carry 641 eviction filings across 9 observed years. SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2007, when 7.7% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Augusta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $78,221, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13245001602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13245001602?
Census tract 13245001602 in the Rockbrook neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 13245001602?
Median gross rent is $1,119/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13245001602?
8.1% of residents in tract 13245001602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,032.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13245001602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 33th, minority 38th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 13245001602 considered part of Rockbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13245001602 fall within Rockbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13245001602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 641 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 13245001602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.51% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13245001602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13245001602 compare to Augusta overall?
Tract 13245001602 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Augusta at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Augusta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 13245001602 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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