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Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Moderate

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

13255160402 is a census tract in Griffin, GA. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,087. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Spalding County average of 36.8%.

Risk score
5.9
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.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 10 tracts In Griffin
Elevated
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 17 tracts In Spalding County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#146 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
National
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#19,618 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Griffin and the region

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

Why Griffin scores 5.9

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.
Griffin risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 160402Griffin: 4.54.5Griffinparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Griffin

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. SNAP participation runs 38.7% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.

Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $27,102, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 30.4% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the Spalding County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Average gross rent is $940, 15% below the Griffin average.

Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13255160402

Q1

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

Census tract 13255160402 in Griffin scores 5.9/10 (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 13255160402?

Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

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.
Q4

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.
Q5

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.
Q6

How does tract 13255160402 compare to Griffin overall?

Tract 13255160402 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Griffin at 4.5/10. 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.

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