3 census tracts · pop 5,023 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.7–5.7
Lakewood Heights takes in 3 census tracts of Atlanta, GA, population 5,023. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, Moderate tier. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 41.3% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $558, 67% below the Atlanta average of $1,711. The poverty rate is 49%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
31% 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. Annualized rent equals 43% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10. On the high side is economic stress at 8.5/10. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.4/10.
Disability prevalence reaches 44.7% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. The filing record is not thin: 367 evictions logged in this tract.
Cost burden runs 36% against 30.9% citywide, putting Lakewood Heights 4.6% over its own city. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 25.1% of renter households.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Lakewood Heights vs AtlantaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport71%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lakewood Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
367Total filings (sum)
18.04%Avg annual filing rate
25.1%Peak year (2015)
17.66%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
509Total filings 2020-21
2.3Avg 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 Lakewood Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
40.8%Housing insecurity
33.1%Utility shutoff threat
51.6%Food insecurity
54.2%SNAP enrollment
26.7%No health insurance
44.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Lakewood Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lakewood Heights?
Lakewood Heights scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 Lakewood Heights compare to Atlanta overall?
Lakewood Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Atlanta overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $558 vs $1,711.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lakewood Heights?
Average gross rent in Lakewood Heights is $558/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lakewood Heights residents are renters?
34% of Lakewood Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Atlanta). The neighborhood has 5,023 residents.
Q5
Is Lakewood Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Lakewood Heights sits in the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Lakewood Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lakewood Heights is census tract 13121006801 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 5.7, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Lakewood Heights for landlords?
Lakewood Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Lakewood Heights?
Lakewood Heights has 4,755 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (70.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (13.2%), Hispanic / Latino (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
