Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Capitol Gateway Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121004800 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,347 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 13121004800 in the Capitol Gateway area of Atlanta, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,347. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 59%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units925
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate57.9%
Median income$16,015
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7444, -84.3840 · click any tract to drill in
Why Capitol Gateway 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
57.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$372 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Capitol Gateway compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 94%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 518Total filings over 5 yrs
- 14.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.2%Peak (2001)
- 61Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 70% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,372Total filings 2020-21
- 18.1Avg 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 Capitol Gateway. 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.
- 35.8%Housing insecurity
- 29.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 50.2%Food insecurity
- 54.4%SNAP enrollment
- 27.0%Transit barriers
- 22.1%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 47.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Capitol Gateway
At $372 a month, rents run 78% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. The poverty rate is 58%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Disability prevalence runs 47.2% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2.
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.1% against 11.3% nationally. Against Fulton County at 46.8%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 518 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 23.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 14.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121004800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121004800?
Census tract 13121004800 in the Capitol Gateway 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 13121004800?
Median gross rent is $372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121004800?
57.9% of residents in tract 13121004800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,347.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121004800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 61th, minority 87th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 13121004800 considered part of Capitol Gateway?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121004800 fall within Capitol Gateway (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121004800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 518 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121004800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.82% of renter households, peaking at 23.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121004800 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.8% 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. 29.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121004800 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121004800 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.
Q9
Was tract 13121004800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 94% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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