Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13313000900 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 3,460 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

How risky is Dalton in Whitfield County for landlords? Census tract 13313000900 scores 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 21% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 10% of renter households, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $869 a month while the average household earns $118,314 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 25% Owners 72%

Tract context

Occupied units1,249

Renter share28.2%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate7.2%

Median income$118,314

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.7699, -84.9878 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 2.7

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

7.2% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$869 rent vs county FMR

2.9

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: 47

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

33%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
20%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.

9.5%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
10.9%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
6.1%Transit barriers
13.9%No health insurance
13.9%Frequent mental distress
26.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Dalton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Whitfield County average of 5.2 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% 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 13313000900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313000900?

Census tract 13313000900 in Dalton scores 2.7/10 (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 13313000900?

Median gross rent is $869/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313000900?

7.2% of residents in tract 13313000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,460.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313000900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 93th, minority 63th, housing 20th.

What share of households in tract 13313000900 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.5% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313000900 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313000900 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Dalton at 2.4/10. 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.