1 census tracts · pop 829 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.7–5.7
Forrest Park maps to a single census tract in Atlanta, GA and houses 829 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 63% against 30.9% citywide, putting Forrest Park 32.4% over its own city.
30.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $890 a month, rents sit 48% under what the rest of Atlanta commands.
The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1/10.
The poverty rate is 36%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running hot is economic stress at 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. 22.0% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The filing record is not thin: 455 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2001 at 30.8% of renter households.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.7/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Forrest Park vs AtlantaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forrest Park
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
455Total filings (sum)
24.82%Avg annual filing rate
30.8%Peak year (2001)
19.38%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
420Total filings 2020-21
5.5Avg 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 Forrest Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
38.5%Housing insecurity
30.3%Utility shutoff threat
48.9%Food insecurity
51.7%SNAP enrollment
22.0%No health insurance
44.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forrest Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forrest Park?
Forrest Park scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Forrest Park compare to Atlanta overall?
Forrest Park scores 1.4 points higher than Atlanta overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $890 vs $1,711.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forrest Park?
Average gross rent in Forrest Park is $890/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forrest Park residents are renters?
58% of Forrest Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Atlanta). The neighborhood has 829 residents.
Q5
Is Forrest Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Forrest Park 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
How safe is Forrest Park for landlords?
Forrest Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Forrest Park?
Forrest Park has 865 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (92.4%), Hispanic / Latino (3.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (1.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
