Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Dalton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13313001500 · Whitfield County, GA · pop 6,128 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Dalton

The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 13313001500 reflects conditions in Dalton, Georgia. That is riskier than about 62% of US census tracts.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $713 a month against an average household income of $42,370 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 23% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units2,432

Renter share39.2%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate19.7%

Median income$42,370

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dalton and the region

Centroid at 34.6696, -84.9540 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dalton scores 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

19.7% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$713 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 73

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

87%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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.

16.1%Housing insecurity
9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
21.3%Food insecurity
16.7%SNAP enrollment
10.7%Transit barriers
19.8%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
34.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dalton

The score leans hardest on 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 above the Whitfield County average of 5.2 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 73rd 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 16.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% 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 13313001500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13313001500?

Census tract 13313001500 in Dalton scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13313001500?

Median gross rent is $713/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13313001500?

19.7% of residents in tract 13313001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,128.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13313001500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 49th, minority 37th, housing 62th.

What share of households in tract 13313001500 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.1% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13313001500 compare to Dalton overall?

Tract 13313001500 scores 5/10, 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.