2 census tracts · pop 5,660 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.7–5.7
Sweet Auburn spans 2 census tracts of Atlanta, GA, population 5,660. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.7/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Atlanta baseline of 30.9%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
This is a renter market: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.5/10.
Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Severe burden reaches 16%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Food insecurity affects 27.7% of adults, 9.9 points above the national rate.
That places it #1 of 77 neighborhoods in Atlanta. For a like-for-like read, Forrest Park and Fairburn Heights score within a fraction of it.
Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,610, close to the Atlanta average.
With little internal variation, 5.7/10 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
5.7
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Sweet Auburn vs AtlantaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport95%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sweet Auburn
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,948Total filings 2020-21
16.4Avg 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 Sweet Auburn
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.1%Housing insecurity
11.1%Utility shutoff threat
23.5%Food insecurity
17.1%SNAP enrollment
11.9%No health insurance
28.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sweet Auburn
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sweet Auburn?
Sweet Auburn scores 5.7/10 (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 Sweet Auburn compare to Atlanta overall?
Sweet Auburn scores 1.4 points higher than Atlanta overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,610 vs $1,711.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sweet Auburn?
Average gross rent in Sweet Auburn is $1,610/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sweet Auburn residents are renters?
90% of Sweet Auburn households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Atlanta). The neighborhood has 5,660 residents.
Q5
Is Sweet Auburn a high social-vulnerability area?
Sweet Auburn sits in the 64th 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 Sweet Auburn have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sweet Auburn is census tract 13121002801 (score 5.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 5.7, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Sweet Auburn for landlords?
Sweet Auburn carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). 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 Sweet Auburn?
Sweet Auburn has 6,150 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (44.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (31.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (13.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
