Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Sunny Side Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13255160102 · Spalding County, GA · pop 1,237 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Sunny Side
For landlords sizing up Sunny Side, census tract 13255160102 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,030 a month against an average household income of $44,185 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units571
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate32.5%
Median income$44,185
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sunny Side and the region
Centroid at 33.3310, -84.2679 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunny Side scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sunny Side
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
32.5% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,030 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sunny Side
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sunny Side
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sunny Side
9.0
How Sunny Side compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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.
- 23.6%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.1%Food insecurity
- 31.7%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunny Side
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk 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 Sunny Side, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Spalding County average of 6.0 and above 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 50th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13255160102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255160102?
Census tract 13255160102 in Sunny Side scores 5.4/10 (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 13255160102?
Median gross rent is $1,030/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13255160102?
32.5% of residents in tract 13255160102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,237.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13255160102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 61th, minority 39th, housing 23th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13255160102 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.6% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13255160102 compare to Sunny Side overall?
Tract 13255160102 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Sunny Side at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sunny Side; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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