Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Ben Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121007703 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,459 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
13121007703 is a census tract in the Ben Hill area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,514
Renter share41.7%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$59,464
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7040, -84.5086 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ben Hill scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlanta
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,274 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlanta
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlanta
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlanta
4.0
How Ben Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,366Total filings over 5 yrs
- 41.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.3%Peak (2015)
- 270Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,248Total filings 2020-21
- 16.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ben Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 20.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.6%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ben Hill
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Against Fulton County at 46.8%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,274, 26% below the Atlanta average. Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 1,366 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 56.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 41.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121007703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007703?
Census tract 13121007703 in the Ben Hill neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 13121007703?
Median gross rent is $1,274/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007703?
18.8% of residents in tract 13121007703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,459.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 82th, minority 98th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 13121007703 considered part of Ben Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007703 fall within Ben Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121007703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,366 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121007703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 41.58% of renter households, peaking at 56.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121007703 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121007703 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121007703 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Atlanta at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlanta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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