Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Lower

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

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13255161201 (Griffin, Georgia) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 58th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,345 a month against an average household income of $73,664 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.7

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 3.7

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

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 below the Spalding County average of 6.0 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 13255161201

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

Census tract 13255161201 in Griffin scores 3.7/10 (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 3.7/10, 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.