2 census tracts · pop 9,727 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
The Oaks takes in 2 census tracts of Sandy Springs, GA, population 9,727. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. At $842 a month, rents sit 55% under what the rest of Sandy Springs commands.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 1/10.
Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.5/10. Against a Sandy Springs baseline of 28.0%, 23% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 5.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 37 eviction filings. 3.4% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 20.3% of renter households. That places it #7 of 13 neighborhoods in Sandy Springs.
Judgments average 0.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Against average income of $157,665, annual rent is only 6%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
The Oaks vs Sandy SpringsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority29%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport12%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in The Oaks
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
37Total filings (sum)
14.98%Avg annual filing rate
20.3%Peak year (2016)
20.34%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,114Total filings 2020-21
6.7Avg 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 The Oaks
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.3%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility shutoff threat
5.1%Food insecurity
3.1%SNAP enrollment
5.4%No health insurance
19.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About The Oaks
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for The Oaks?
The Oaks scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 The Oaks compare to Sandy Springs overall?
The Oaks scores 0.4 points lower than Sandy Springs overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 23% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $842 vs $1,870.
Q3
What is the average rent in The Oaks?
Average gross rent in The Oaks is $842/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of The Oaks residents are renters?
18% of The Oaks households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Sandy Springs). The neighborhood has 9,727 residents.
Q5
Is The Oaks a high social-vulnerability area?
The Oaks 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 The Oaks have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in The Oaks is census tract 13121010204 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is The Oaks for landlords?
The Oaks carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of The Oaks?
The Oaks has 9,688 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.5%), Other / Multiracial (5.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
