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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Ben Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta

Tract 13121007707 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,931 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 13121007707 covers part of the Ben Hill area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 70%, 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 13% Stable renters 4% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,044
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$76,410

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Ben Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 180 tracts In Atlanta
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#210 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7050, -84.4942 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ben Hill scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,450 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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.
Ben Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0077074.3Atlantaparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 388Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ben Hill

78% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Fulton County average of 46.8%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10.

At $1,450 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. SNAP participation runs 22.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121007707

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007707?

Census tract 13121007707 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 13121007707?

Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007707?

30.0% of residents in tract 13121007707 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,931.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007707?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 90th, minority 96th, housing 10th.
Q5

Is tract 13121007707 considered part of Ben Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007707 fall within Ben Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121007707 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.4% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121007707 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121007707 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlanta

Top eight tracts in Atlanta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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