Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13255160402 · Spalding County, GA · pop 3,087 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Griffin

Tract 13255160402 covers Griffin in Spalding County in Georgia. Home to 3,087 residents, it scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 91st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $940 a month against an average household income of $27,102 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 21% Owners 44%

Tract context

Occupied units1,421

Renter share55.9%

SVI overall0.99

Poverty rate27.0%

Median income$27,102

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Griffin and the region

Centroid at 33.2682, -84.2781 · click any tract to drill in

Why Griffin scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Griffin

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

27.0% poverty · this tract

6.7

Supply constraint

$940 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Griffin

8.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Griffin

9.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Griffin

8.6

How Griffin compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

99%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
86%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.

30.4%Housing insecurity
21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
40.3%Food insecurity
38.7%SNAP enrollment
19.8%Transit barriers
22.0%No health insurance
21.9%Frequent mental distress
43.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Griffin

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Griffin eviction risk, 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 Black and White and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.4% 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 13255160402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255160402?

Census tract 13255160402 in Griffin scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13255160402?

Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13255160402?

27.0% of residents in tract 13255160402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,087.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13255160402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 85th, housing 86th.

What share of households in tract 13255160402 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.4% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13255160402 compare to Griffin overall?

Tract 13255160402 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Griffin at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Griffin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Griffin

Top eight tracts in Griffin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.