Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Collier Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121008602 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,298 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 13121008602 sits in the Collier Heights area of Atlanta eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units530
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate30.4%
Median income$42,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7929, -84.4901 · click any tract to drill in
Why Collier Heights 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
30.4% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,549 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Collier Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,178Total filings over 5 yrs
- 49.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 39.4%Peak (2001)
- 139Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 632Total filings 2020-21
- 8.3Avg 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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Collier Heights. 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.
- 33.4%Housing insecurity
- 26.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.2%Food insecurity
- 44.3%SNAP enrollment
- 22.4%Transit barriers
- 16.9%No health insurance
- 22.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Collier Heights
Food insecurity runs 42.2% against 17.8% nationally. Cost burden runs 62% here against 46.8% across Fulton County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $42,321 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Housing insecurity runs 33.4% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,178 filings here across 5 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,549, 9% below the Atlanta average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121008602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121008602?
Census tract 13121008602 in the Collier Heights 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 13121008602?
Median gross rent is $1,549/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121008602?
30.4% of residents in tract 13121008602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,298.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121008602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 81th, minority 93th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 13121008602 considered part of Collier Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121008602 fall within Collier Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121008602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,178 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121008602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 49.29% of renter households, peaking at 39.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121008602 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.4% 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 13121008602 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121008602 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.
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