Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Rockdale County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Rockdale County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (8 to 25)Lower-middle (28 to 37)Middle (44 to 56)Upper-middle (60 to 65)Higher (65 to 88)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.
Median tract: 52nd percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 8th percentile to the 88th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Tract 602.03 is marked below — Near the median.
Well above the median3 (13%) · 16,951 people
Above the median7 (29%) · 28,238 people
Near the median5 (21%) · 18,176 people ◀ Tract 602.03
Below the median6 (25%) · 22,856 people
Well below the median3 (13%) · 9,060 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Tract 603.16 (pop. 4,729) — 88th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 602.01 (pop. 6,480) — 85th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 603.05 (pop. 5,742) — 83rd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.15 (pop. 3,288) — 79th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.18 (pop. 3,907) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 601.01 (pop. 4,606) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 604.09 (pop. 3,996) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 604.06 (pop. 5,403) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.06 (pop. 3,881) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 601.04 (pop. 3,157) — 60th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 603.14 (pop. 2,910) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 604.07 (pop. 3,347) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 602.03 (pop. 4,028) — 51st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.11 (pop. 4,211) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 604.03 (pop. 3,680) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 604.11 (pop. 2,451) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.17 (pop. 4,660) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 602.04 (pop. 4,092) — 32nd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.12 (pop. 3,232) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 604.10 (pop. 5,637) — 28th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.10 (pop. 2,784) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 603.13 (pop. 3,668) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 604.08 (pop. 3,448) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 601.03 (pop. 1,944) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against all U.S. tracts. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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