Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Sandy Springs Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13121010214 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,189
Census tract 13121010214 runs through Sandy Springs in Fulton County. With 2,189 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,436 a month while the average household earns $54,674 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.5
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
75
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
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 4.5
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
What moves this score most is economic stress at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sandy Springs eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Fulton County average of 5.7 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010214
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010214?
Census tract 13121010214 in Sandy Springs scores 4.5/10 (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 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Sandy Springs at 2.3/10. 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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