Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Griffin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13255160500 · Spalding County, GA · pop 6,611 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Griffin
13255160500 is a census tract in Griffin, GA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,611 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,692
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$68,872
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Griffin and the region
Centroid at 33.2694, -84.3258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Griffin scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,140 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 70%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)
- 1,674Total filings over 6 yrs
- 32.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 39.0%Peak (2014)
- 376Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 112% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 16.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Griffin
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.2/10. 44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Spalding County average of 36.8%. Against the Spalding County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
The filing record is not thin: 1,674 evictions over 6 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 39.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 32.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,140, close to the Griffin average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $68,872.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13255160500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255160500?
Census tract 13255160500 in Griffin scores 3.5/10 (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 13255160500?
Median gross rent is $1,140/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13255160500?
10.9% of residents in tract 13255160500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,611.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13255160500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 84th, minority 70th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13255160500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,674 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 13255160500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.13% of renter households, peaking at 39.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13255160500 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.8% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13255160500 compare to Griffin overall?
Tract 13255160500 scores 3.5/10, lower 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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