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Neighborhood · Atlanta, GA

Cornell Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 5,458 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10 · range 5.6–5.7

Cornell takes in 2 census tracts of Atlanta, GA and houses 5,458 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, Moderate tier. Against a Atlanta baseline of 30.9%, 51% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

27% 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. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,225, 28% below the Atlanta average of $1,711.

SNAP participation is 33.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.7/10.

Food insecurity affects 35.1% of adults, 17.3 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 20%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Filings are well documented here: 1,843 across 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 64.0% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 35.8% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 77 mapped neighborhoods of Atlanta, it ranks #31 by risk, the middle third.

With little internal variation, 5.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Cornell vs Atlanta How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
51.1% +65%
Atlanta: 30.9%
Average gross rent
$1,225 -28%
Atlanta: $1,711
Average HH income
$47,826 -42%
Atlanta: $81,938
Poverty rate
20.2% +13%
Atlanta: 17.9%
Renter share
47.7% -11%
Atlanta: 53.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Cornell and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.6–5.7

Why Cornell scores 5.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 7.8–7.8 across tracts
7.8
Rent control risk
51% of income on rent · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
48% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.0–4.0 across tracts
4.0
Economic stress
20.2% below poverty line · Range 4.2–6.2 across tracts
5.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.1–2.1 across tracts
1.7
Risk score comparison

Cornell vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Cornell score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.6CornellNeighborhood4.3Parent cityhost city4.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Cornell

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
13121007100 5.7 2,391 52% $1,120
13121007002 5.6 3,067 51% $1,306
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 88

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 93%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 72%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Cornell

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,843Total filings (sum)
  • 33.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 64.0%Peak year (2014)
  • 37.15%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,248Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.3Avg 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 Cornell

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Cornell

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Cornell?

Cornell scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Cornell compare to Atlanta overall?

Cornell scores 1.3 points higher than Atlanta overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,225 vs $1,711.
Q3

What is the average rent in Cornell?

Average gross rent in Cornell is $1,225/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Cornell residents are renters?

48% of Cornell households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Atlanta). The neighborhood has 5,458 residents.
Q5

Is Cornell a high social-vulnerability area?

Cornell sits in the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Cornell have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Cornell is census tract 13121007100 (score 5.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 5.7, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Cornell for landlords?

Cornell carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Cornell?

Cornell has 5,568 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (88.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.7%), Other / Multiracial (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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