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Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13255160800 · Spalding County, GA · pop 4,220 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Griffin

The Elevated-tier score of 6.9/10 for census tract 13255160800 reflects conditions in Griffin, Georgia. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $959 monthly, set against $34,031 in average yearly household income, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 86% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50% Stable renters 36% Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units1,750
Renter share85.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate31.1%
Median income$34,031

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 10 tracts In Griffin
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 17 tracts In Spalding County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#221 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
National
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#13,119 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Griffin and the region

Centroid at 33.2530, -84.2705 · 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
31.1% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$959 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 160800Griffin: 2.52.5Griffinparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 3,505Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 47.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 64.1%Peak (2001)
  • 422Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 132551608002001: 792 filings (64.13/100 renter HHs)2002: 677 filings (54.82/100 renter HHs)2004: 766 filings (62.02/100 renter HHs)2011: 410 filings (33.61/100 renter HHs)2014: 438 filings (35.90/100 renter HHs)2015: 422 filings (34.59/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 47% 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 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 predominantly Black and ranks around the 84th 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 30.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.8% 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 13255160800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255160800?

Census tract 13255160800 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 13255160800?

Median gross rent is $959/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13255160800?

31.1% of residents in tract 13255160800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,220.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13255160800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 37th, minority 92th, housing 87th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13255160800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,505 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 13255160800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 47.51% of renter households, peaking at 64.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13255160800 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.3% 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. 21.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13255160800 compare to Griffin overall?

Tract 13255160800 scores 5.9/10, 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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