1 census tracts · pop 3,301 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Sterling Heights is a one-tract neighborhood of Alpharetta, GA, population 3,301. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. 38% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. The voucher gap is 31.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Against a Alpharetta baseline of 29.0%, 38% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 8.2/10. At $2,407 a month, rents sit 24% over what the rest of Alpharetta commands. Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.1/10.
SNAP participation is 6.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 9.7% of adults, 8.1 points below the national rate.
Among the 9 mapped neighborhoods of Alpharetta, it ranks #5 by risk, the middle third. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $127,266. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sterling Heights vs AlpharettaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sterling Heights
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
47Total filings 2020-21
0.6Avg 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 Sterling Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.9%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
8.1%No health insurance
22.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sterling Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sterling Heights?
Sterling Heights scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Sterling Heights compare to Alpharetta overall?
Sterling Heights scores 1.0 points lower than Alpharetta overall (4/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,407 vs $1,948.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sterling Heights?
Average gross rent in Sterling Heights is $2,407/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sterling Heights residents are renters?
29% of Sterling Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 35% in Alpharetta). The neighborhood has 3,301 residents.
Q5
Is Sterling Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Sterling Heights sits in the 12th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Sterling Heights for landlords?
Sterling Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Alpharetta as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Sterling Heights?
Sterling Heights has 3,052 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.1%), Hispanic / Latino (19.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
