Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Griffin Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13255160900 · Spalding County, GA · pop 2,190 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Griffin
Census tract 13255160900 covers part of Griffin, GA, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,190 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units793
Renter share59.6%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$39,902
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Griffin and the region
Centroid at 33.2488, -84.2293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Griffin scores 5.9
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
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,059 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: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 1,004Total filings over 6 yrs
- 32.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.4%Peak (2001)
- 171Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 17.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.8%Food insecurity
- 33.2%SNAP enrollment
- 17.0%Transit barriers
- 20.7%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 42.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Griffin
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Food insecurity runs 34.8% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against Spalding County at 36.8%, 45% of renters here are cost-burdened.
It sits 1.4 points above the Spalding County average of 4.5. The filing record is not thin: 1,004 evictions over 6 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 33.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 32.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10.
Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13255160900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255160900?
Census tract 13255160900 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 13255160900?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13255160900?
29.6% of residents in tract 13255160900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,190.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13255160900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 57th, minority 73th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13255160900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,004 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 13255160900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.09% of renter households, peaking at 33.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13255160900 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 17.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13255160900 compare to Griffin overall?
Tract 13255160900 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
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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