Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Orchard Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13255161000 ·
Spalding County, GA · pop 5,806 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Orchard Hill
Tract 13255161000 sits in Orchard Hill, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 5,806. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%Stable renters 9%Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,077
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate19.0%
Median income$51,050
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Orchard Hill
Moderate
Within county
50th percentile
#9 of 17 tracts In Spalding County
Moderate
Within state
68th percentile
#889 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
National
55th percentile
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Orchard Hill and the region
Centroid at 33.2200, -84.1710 · click any tract to drill in
Why Orchard Hill scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Orchard Hill
4.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
19.0% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Orchard Hill
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Orchard Hill
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Orchard Hill
7.6
How Orchard Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
58%Socioeconomic
84%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
45%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)
451Total filings over 6 yrs
24.71%Avg annual filing rate
32.6%Peak (2004)
75Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
13.5%Housing insecurity
8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
17.1%Food insecurity
14.0%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
12.6%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Orchard Hill
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. Cost burden runs 49% here against 36.8% across Spalding County.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 451 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 32.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 24.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13255161000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255161000?
Census tract 13255161000 in Orchard Hill scores 4.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 13255161000?
19.0% of residents in tract 13255161000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,806.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 13255161000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 84th, minority 39th, housing 45th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13255161000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 451 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 13255161000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.71% of renter households, peaking at 32.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13255161000 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13255161000 compare to Orchard Hill overall?
Tract 13255161000 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Orchard Hill at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Orchard Hill; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.