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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

The Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs

Tract 13121010204 · Fulton County, GA · pop 5,278 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 13121010204 in the The Oaks area of Sandy Springs, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. roughly one in eight of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Fulton County average of 46.8%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 3% Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,896
Renter share3.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$174,979

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In The Oaks
Very High
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#21 of 35 tracts In Sandy Springs
Moderate
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#280 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
Very Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,121 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region

Centroid at 33.9221, -84.4209 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Oaks scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 The Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Oaks risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0102043.4Sandy Springsparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 37Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 14.98%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.3%Peak (2016)
  • 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13121010204
Filings climbed 33% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 26Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 The Oaks. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in The Oaks

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. SNAP participation runs 2.7% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.2 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2.

Housing insecurity runs 4.6% against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 37 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 20.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 15.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121010204

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010204?

Census tract 13121010204 in the The Oaks neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 13121010204?

4.2% of residents in tract 13121010204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,278.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 67th, minority 20th, housing 1th.
Q4

Is tract 13121010204 considered part of The Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010204 fall within The Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121010204?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121010204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.98% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121010204 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.6% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121010204 compare to Sandy Springs overall?

Tract 13121010204 scores 3/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sandy Springs

Top eight tracts in Sandy Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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