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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,494 of 84,120 nationally

Battle Hill Haven Eviction Risk: Elevated , Atlanta

Tract 13121008302 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,831 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 13121008302 sits in the Battle Hill Haven neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It has a population of 1,831 and an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10 (Elevated tier). 63% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 46% severely cost-burdened (≥50%).

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 19% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units648
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate41.2%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank — 100th percentileBottomTop
#1 of 3 tracts In Battle Hill Haven
Very High
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank — 94th percentileBottomTop
#11 of 180 tracts In Atlanta
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank — 91th percentileBottomTop
#31 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank — 92th percentileBottomTop
#230 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7574, -84.4523 · click any tract to drill in

Why Battle Hill Haven scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
41.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Battle Hill Haven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Battle Hill Haven risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.76.7This tracttract 008302Atlanta: 4.94.9Atlantaparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.65.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,143Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 40.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 79.5%Peak (2001)
  • 62Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 131210083022001: 491 filings (79.45/100 renter HHs)2003: 448 filings (72.49/100 renter HHs)2014: 67 filings (17.01/100 renter HHs)2015: 75 filings (19.04/100 renter HHs)2016: 62 filings (14.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 87% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 575Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 24 filings (240.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 15 filings (150.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 18 filings (180.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 27 filings (270.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 25 filings (250.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 21 filings (210.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 15 filings (150.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Battle Hill Haven. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121008302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121008302?

Census tract 13121008302 in the Battle Hill Haven neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 13121008302?

Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121008302?

41.2% of residents in tract 13121008302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,831.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121008302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 93th, minority 96th, housing 94th.

Q5

Is tract 13121008302 considered part of Battle Hill Haven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121008302 fall within Battle Hill Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121008302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,143 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121008302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.50% of renter households, peaking at 79.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 13121008302 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.3% 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. 26.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 13121008302 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121008302 scores 6.7/10 — higher than the parent city of Atlanta at 4.9/10. 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 13121008302 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlanta

Top eight tracts in Atlanta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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