Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Fairburn Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121007807 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,916 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 13121007807 in the Fairburn Heights area of Atlanta, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,916 residents. Housing insecurity runs 41.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,009
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$44,732
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7625, -84.4969 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairburn 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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Fairburn Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 632Total filings over 5 yrs
- 20.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.1%Peak (2001)
- 127Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 884Total filings 2020-21
- 11.6Avg 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.
- 41.5%Housing insecurity
- 34.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 57.3%Food insecurity
- 62.0%SNAP enrollment
- 30.8%Transit barriers
- 25.9%No health insurance
- 23.5%Frequent mental distress
- 51.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairburn Heights
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. At $1,154 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 25.9% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2.
40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Fulton County average of 46.8%. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 632 filings here across 5 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 26.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 20.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121007807
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007807?
Census tract 13121007807 in the Fairburn 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 13121007807?
Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007807?
18.4% of residents in tract 13121007807 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,916.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007807?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 59th, minority 98th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 13121007807 considered part of Fairburn Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007807 fall within Fairburn Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121007807?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 632 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121007807 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.12% of renter households, peaking at 26.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121007807 struggle to pay rent?
About 41.5% 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. 34.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121007807 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121007807 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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