1 census tracts · pop 6,015 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.9–4.9
Hillsdale Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Austell, GA and houses 6,015 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 4.9/10, in the Moderate tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Austell rate of 27.2%.
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 75 evictions logged in this tract. At $1,269 a month, rents sit 15% under what the rest of Austell commands.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 11.7% of renter households. Judgments average 5.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Sherwood Park and Springbrook score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $70,536.
30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 4.9/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Hillsdale Heights vs AustellHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority78%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport28%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hillsdale Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
75Total filings (sum)
11.66%Avg annual filing rate
11.7%Peak year (2016)
11.66%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
655Total filings 2020-21
8.6Avg monthly observed
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Atlanta, GA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hillsdale Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
20.8%Housing insecurity
13.9%Utility shutoff threat
23.4%Food insecurity
19.2%SNAP enrollment
15.5%No health insurance
29.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Hillsdale Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hillsdale Heights?
Hillsdale Heights scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Hillsdale Heights compare to Austell overall?
Hillsdale Heights scores 0.9 points higher than Austell overall (4/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,269 vs $1,494.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hillsdale Heights?
Average gross rent in Hillsdale Heights is $1,269/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hillsdale Heights residents are renters?
30% of Hillsdale Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Austell). The neighborhood has 6,015 residents.
Q5
Is Hillsdale Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Hillsdale Heights sits in the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Hillsdale Heights for landlords?
Hillsdale Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Austell as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Hillsdale Heights?
Hillsdale Heights has 6,213 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (51.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (26.6%), Hispanic / Latino (18.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
