3 census tracts · pop 7,552 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10
· range 3.1–5.7
Cabbagetown is a 3-tract neighborhood of Atlanta, GA, population 7,552. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.7/10, Lower tier. 42% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Atlanta rate of 30.9%.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.1 to 5.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. 25% 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 rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
This is a renter market: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.5/10.
Filings are well documented here: 919 across 2 observed tracts. At $1,941 a month, rents sit 13% over what the rest of Atlanta commands. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 36.9% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 9.1% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #59 of 77 neighborhoods in Atlanta.
For a like-for-like read, Candler Park and Ormewood score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $88,510.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Cabbagetown vs AtlantaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority59%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cabbagetown
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
919Total filings (sum)
19.04%Avg annual filing rate
36.9%Peak year (2014)
9.77%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,372Total filings 2020-21
12.4Avg 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 Cabbagetown
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.5%Housing insecurity
6.8%Utility shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
8.0%SNAP enrollment
8.4%No health insurance
19.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cabbagetown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cabbagetown?
Cabbagetown scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) across 3 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 Cabbagetown compare to Atlanta overall?
Cabbagetown scores 0.6 points lower than Atlanta overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,941 vs $1,711.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cabbagetown?
Average gross rent in Cabbagetown is $1,941/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cabbagetown residents are renters?
70% of Cabbagetown households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Atlanta). The neighborhood has 7,552 residents.
Q5
Is Cabbagetown a high social-vulnerability area?
Cabbagetown sits in the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Cabbagetown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Cabbagetown is census tract 13121011902 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 5.7, a spread of 2.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Cabbagetown for landlords?
Cabbagetown carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Atlanta as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Cabbagetown?
Cabbagetown has 7,999 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21.9%), Hispanic / Latino (12.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
