Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Grove Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121008500 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,258 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
13121008500 is a census tract in the Grove Park area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 32%. 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 27%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units920
Renter share48.7%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$57,381
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7758, -84.4443 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grove Park 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
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,848 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Grove Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 38%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 706Total filings over 5 yrs
- 20.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2003)
- 138Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 914Total filings 2020-21
- 12.0Avg 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.
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.
- 21.7%Housing insecurity
- 14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.9%Food insecurity
- 21.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grove Park
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $57,381, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Cost burden runs 56% here against 46.8% across Fulton County. It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 706 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 24.9% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2003, when 17.8% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121008500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121008500?
Census tract 13121008500 in the Grove Park 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 13121008500?
Median gross rent is $1,848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121008500?
19.2% of residents in tract 13121008500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,258.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121008500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 11th, minority 94th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 13121008500 considered part of Grove Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121008500 fall within Grove Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121008500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 706 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121008500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.25% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121008500 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.7% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121008500 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121008500 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 13121008500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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