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Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13313000502 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 7,681 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

Census tract 13313000502 covers part of Dalton, GA, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,681. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 37% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units2,324
Renter share64.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$50,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 14 tracts In Dalton
Elevated
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 22 tracts In Whitfield County
High
Within state
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#602 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.7863, -84.9790 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 5.1

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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$811 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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.
Dalton risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 0005024.0Daltonparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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 Dalton

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Adults with no health insurance runs 27.7% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 35.7% across Whitfield County.

Against the Whitfield County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Average gross rent is $811, 19% below the Dalton average.

Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 13313000502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000502?

Census tract 13313000502 in Dalton scores 5.1/10 (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 13313000502?

Median gross rent is $811/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000502?

19.6% of residents in tract 13313000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,681.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 84th, minority 65th, housing 95th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 13313000502 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.9% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13313000502 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000502 scores 5.1/10, higher 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.

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