Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13313000303 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 4,932 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

13313000303 is a census tract in Dalton, GA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,932. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 16% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units1,784

Renter share28.1%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate10.6%

Median income$71,202

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.8182, -84.9567 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Dalton

3.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.0

State political climate

Georgia legislature & governorship

2.0

Economic stress

10.6% poverty · this tract

2.6

Supply constraint

$948 rent vs county FMR

3.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Dalton

4.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Dalton

8.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Dalton

6.2

How Dalton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

67%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
52%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.

13.5%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
16.6%Food insecurity
11.2%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
18.9%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
30.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Whitfield County average of 35.7%. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10.

Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $71,202, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Whitfield County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $948, close to the Dalton average. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13313000303

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000303?

Census tract 13313000303 in Dalton scores 3.5/10 (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 13313000303?

Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000303?

10.6% of residents in tract 13313000303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,932.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000303?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 97th, minority 53th, housing 52th.

What share of households in tract 13313000303 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313000303 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000303 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Dalton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dalton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dalton

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