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Neighborhood · Sandy Springs, GA

Chattahoochee Heights Eviction Risk: Lower

3 census tracts · pop 5,688 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.2/10 · range 3–4.1

Chattahoochee Heights is a 3-tract neighborhood of Sandy Springs, GA, population 5,688. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.2/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.

On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Cost burden runs around a third against 28.0% citywide, putting Chattahoochee Heights 7.7% over its own city.

Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1.8/10. At $1,463 a month, rents sit 22% under what the rest of Sandy Springs commands. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

SNAP participation is 6.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 9.5% of adults, 8.3 points below the national rate. That places it #3 of 13 neighborhoods in Sandy Springs.

Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Chattahoochee Heights vs Sandy Springs How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
35.7% +28%
Sandy Springs: 28.0%
Average gross rent
$1,463 -22%
Sandy Springs: $1,870
Average HH income
$94,722 -7%
Sandy Springs: $101,593
Poverty rate
6.3% -15%
Sandy Springs: 7.4%
Renter share
60.2% +21%
Sandy Springs: 49.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chattahoochee Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–4.1

Why Chattahoochee Heights scores 3.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Rent control risk
36% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
60% renter households · Range 1.5–1.5 across tracts
1.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.5–2.5 across tracts
2.5
Economic stress
6.3% below poverty line · Range 1.0–4.3 across tracts
1.8
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.2–3.8 across tracts
3.0
Risk score comparison

Chattahoochee Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Chattahoochee Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.2Chattahoochee HeigNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city4.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Chattahoochee Heights?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.1 points from 3 to 4.1. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Chattahoochee Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
13121010213 4.1 883 48% $1,313
13121010217 3 2,651 38% $1,388
13121010219 3 2,154 28% $1,616
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 13

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 24%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 9%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 70%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 17%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Chattahoochee Heights

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 2,716Total filings 2020-21
  • 12.4Avg monthly observed
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Atlanta, GA).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Chattahoochee Heights

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Chattahoochee Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Chattahoochee Heights?

Chattahoochee Heights scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Chattahoochee Heights compare to Sandy Springs overall?

Chattahoochee Heights scores 0.2 points lower than Sandy Springs overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,463 vs $1,870.
Q3

What is the average rent in Chattahoochee Heights?

Average gross rent in Chattahoochee Heights is $1,463/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Chattahoochee Heights residents are renters?

60% of Chattahoochee Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Sandy Springs). The neighborhood has 5,688 residents.
Q5

Is Chattahoochee Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Chattahoochee Heights sits in the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Chattahoochee Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Chattahoochee Heights is census tract 13121010213 (score 4.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.1, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7

How safe is Chattahoochee Heights for landlords?

Chattahoochee Heights carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.2/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Sandy Springs as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Chattahoochee Heights?

Chattahoochee Heights has 5,215 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (32.6%), Hispanic / Latino (9.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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