1 census tracts · pop 4,516 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10
· range 5.1–5.1
Forest Park is a one-tract neighborhood of Albany, GA and houses 4,516 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 45%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Against a Albany baseline of 29.7%, 64% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. SNAP participation is 37.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 33%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 28.7% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. On the high side is economic stress at 8.3/10.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 671 evictions logged in this tract. At $794 a month, rents sit 15% under what the rest of Albany commands.
Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 59.9% of renter households. That places it #8 of 14 neighborhoods in Albany.
Judgments average 1.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Northend and Rio Vista score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 5.1/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Forest Park vs AlbanyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority98%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
671Total filings (sum)
59.86%Avg annual filing rate
59.9%Peak year (2003)
59.86%Latest filed (2003)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
28.7%Housing insecurity
21.4%Utility shutoff threat
37.8%Food insecurity
37.9%SNAP enrollment
16.8%No health insurance
41.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest Park?
Forest Park scores 5.1/10 (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 Forest Park compare to Albany overall?
Forest Park scores 1.1 points higher than Albany overall (4/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $794 vs $931.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest Park?
Average gross rent in Forest Park eviction risk is $794/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest Park residents are renters?
59% of Forest Park households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in Albany). The neighborhood has 4,516 residents.
Q5
Is Forest Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest Park sits in the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Forest Park for landlords?
Forest Park eviction risk carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). 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 Albany as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest Park?
Forest Park has 4,507 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (98.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (1.4%), Other / Multiracial (0.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
