Athens Eviction Risk: Lower

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

Against Henderson County at 40.7%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $978, 12% below the Athens average. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $73,672, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Henderson County average of 3.7 closely.

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