Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Sandy Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13121010214 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,189
13121010214 is a census tract in Sandy Springs, GA. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,436
Renter share62.2%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate37.0%
Median income$54,674
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.9851, -84.3547 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sandy Springs scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sandy Springs
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
37.0% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,436 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandy Springs
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandy Springs
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandy Springs
2.5
How Sandy Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,363Total filings 2020-21
- 17.9Avg 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
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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sandy Springs
Running hot, economic stress reads 9.3/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 26%. 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 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,436, 23% below the Sandy Springs average. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Fulton County average of 4.2 closely.
Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $54,674. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010214
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010214?
Census tract 13121010214 in Sandy Springs scores 4.8/10 (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 13121010214?
Median gross rent is $1,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010214?
37.0% of residents in tract 13121010214 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,189.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010214?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 46th, minority 73th, housing 71th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13121010214 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13121010214 compare to Sandy Springs overall?
Tract 13121010214 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Sandy Springs at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandy Springs eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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