Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13255161201 · Spalding County, GA · pop 4,125 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Griffin

Census tract 13255161201 covers part of Griffin, GA, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,125 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 4% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units1,651

Renter share5.1%

SVI overall0.33

Poverty rate10.0%

Median income$73,664

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Griffin and the region

Centroid at 33.2056, -84.3079 · click any tract to drill in

Why Griffin scores 3.3

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

10.0% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,345 rent vs county FMR

2.4

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: 33

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

70%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
54%Racial/ethnic minority
9%Housing & transportation

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.

13.6%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
15.9%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
8.6%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
31.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Griffin

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. 24% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Spalding County average of 36.8%. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.

At $1,345 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Griffin commands. It sits 1.2 points below the Spalding County average of 4.5.

The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $73,664.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13255161201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255161201?

Census tract 13255161201 in Griffin scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13255161201?

Median gross rent is $1,345/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13255161201?

10.0% of residents in tract 13255161201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,125.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13255161201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 17th, minority 54th, housing 9th.

What share of households in tract 13255161201 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13255161201 compare to Griffin overall?

Tract 13255161201 scores 3.3/10, 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.