Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
West Highland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121008702 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,290 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 13121008702 covers part of the West Highland area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,290 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,048
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$81,348
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7883, -84.4439 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Highland scores 5.2
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
$1,170 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 West Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 2%Grade C
- 25%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 895Total filings 2020-21
- 11.8Avg 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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.2%Food insecurity
- 20.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Highland
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. At $1,170 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Against Fulton County at 46.8%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $81,348, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121008702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121008702?
Census tract 13121008702 in the West Highland neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 13121008702?
Median gross rent is $1,170/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121008702?
19.2% of residents in tract 13121008702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,290.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121008702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 2th, minority 81th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 13121008702 considered part of West Highland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121008702 fall within West Highland (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121008702 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121008702 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121008702 scores 5.2/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 13121008702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 25% 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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