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

Ben Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta

Tract 13121007710 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,988 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

13121007710 is a census tract in the Ben Hill area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,988. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 40% Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,483
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate23.2%
Median income$48,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Ben Hill
Low
Within parent city
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#34 of 180 tracts In Atlanta
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#49 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 33.6716, -84.5225 · 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
23.2% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,197 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 0077104.3Atlantaparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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)

  • 1,523Total filings 2020-21
  • 20.0Avg 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

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Average gross rent is $1,197, 30% below the Atlanta average. SNAP participation runs 31.7% against 15.2% nationally. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 33.7% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13121007710

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007710?

Census tract 13121007710 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 13121007710?

Median gross rent is $1,197/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007710?

23.2% of residents in tract 13121007710 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,988.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007710?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 9th, minority 100th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 13121007710 considered part of Ben Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007710 fall within Ben Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121007710 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.0% 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. 18.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121007710 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121007710 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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