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Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Griffin Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13255161202 · Spalding County, GA · pop 5,268 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Griffin

Tract 13255161202 sits in Griffin eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 5,268 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 20% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,158
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate27.5%
Median income$70,771

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 10 tracts In Griffin
Moderate
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 17 tracts In Spalding County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#554 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,336 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Griffin and the region

Centroid at 33.2229, -84.2648 · click any tract to drill in

Why Griffin scores 5.2

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
27.5% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$770 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: 5.25.2This tracttract 161202Griffin: 4.54.5Griffinparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.24.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 49

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

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 dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 36.8% across Spalding County.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

At $770 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Griffin commands. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 0.7 points above the Spalding County average of 4.5.

Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $70,771, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 13255161202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13255161202?

Census tract 13255161202 in Griffin scores 5.2/10 (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 13255161202?

Median gross rent is $770/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13255161202?

27.5% of residents in tract 13255161202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,268.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13255161202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 47th, minority 58th, housing 47th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13255161202 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13255161202 compare to Griffin overall?

Tract 13255161202 scores 5.2/10, 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

Top eight tracts in Griffin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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