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Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13255160500 · Spalding County, GA · pop 6,611 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Griffin

For landlords sizing up Griffin, census tract 13255160500 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,140 monthly, set against $68,872 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.8
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 parent city
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 10 tracts In Griffin
Low
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 17 tracts In Spalding County
Low
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,284 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
National
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#44,543 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Griffin and the region

Centroid at 33.2694, -84.3258 · click any tract to drill in

Why Griffin scores 3.8

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
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.
Griffin risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 160500Griffin: 2.52.5Griffinparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

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 by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 132551605002001: 177 filings (25.21/100 renter HHs)2002: 186 filings (26.50/100 renter HHs)2004: 217 filings (30.91/100 renter HHs)2011: 331 filings (33.33/100 renter HHs)2014: 387 filings (38.97/100 renter HHs)2015: 376 filings (37.87/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Griffin

The heaviest input here is 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 about the same as 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 White and Black and ranks around the 75th 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 16.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% 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 13255160500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255160500?

Census tract 13255160500 in Griffin scores 3.8/10 (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 3.8/10, 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.

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