Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Sterling Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Augusta
Tract 13245010104 · Richmond County, GA · pop 2,757 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 13245010104 sits in the Sterling Heights area of Augusta eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,757 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,467
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$81,597
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Augusta and the region
Centroid at 33.5320, -82.0386 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sterling Heights 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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,221 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 Sterling Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 56%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)
- 822Total filings over 9 yrs
- 8.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2007)
- 84Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sterling Heights. 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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sterling Heights
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.2/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. 45% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Richmond County average of 51.1%. Against the Richmond County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
The filing record is not thin: 822 evictions over 9 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2007, when 11.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $81,597, annual rent is just 18%. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13245010104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13245010104?
Census tract 13245010104 in the Sterling Heights 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 13245010104?
Median gross rent is $1,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13245010104?
16.8% of residents in tract 13245010104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,757.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13245010104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 3th, minority 56th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 13245010104 considered part of Sterling Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13245010104 fall within Sterling Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13245010104?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 822 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 13245010104 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.56% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13245010104 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13245010104 compare to Augusta overall?
Tract 13245010104 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.
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