3 census tracts · pop 8,993 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.1–5.7
Sheffield Forest spans 3 census tracts of Norcross, GA, population 8,993. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.5/10, Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 42%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
64% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Norcross rate of 39.1%. 30.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.5% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 630 evictions logged in this tract. The poverty rate is 16%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 28.4% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 7.3% in 2016, is well off that peak. That places it #3 of 5 neighborhoods in Norcross.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Sheffield Forest vs NorcrossHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sheffield Forest
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
630Total filings (sum)
16.13%Avg annual filing rate
28.4%Peak year (2003)
7.32%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,261Total filings 2020-21
5.5Avg 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 Sheffield Forest
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.0%Housing insecurity
13.2%Utility shutoff threat
29.2%Food insecurity
20.4%SNAP enrollment
30.7%No health insurance
31.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sheffield Forest
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sheffield Forest?
Sheffield Forest scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 Sheffield Forest compare to Norcross overall?
Sheffield Forest scores 1.2 points higher than Norcross overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 39% citywide. Average rent: $1,725 vs $1,715.
Q3
What is the average rent in Sheffield Forest?
Average gross rent in Sheffield Forest is $1,725/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Sheffield Forest residents are renters?
54% of Sheffield Forest households are renter-occupied (vs 40% in Norcross). The neighborhood has 8,993 residents.
Q5
Is Sheffield Forest a high social-vulnerability area?
Sheffield Forest sits in the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Sheffield Forest have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Sheffield Forest is census tract 13135050306 (score 5.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.1 to 5.7, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Sheffield Forest for landlords?
Sheffield Forest carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). 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 Norcross as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Sheffield Forest?
Sheffield Forest has 8,629 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (51.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (15.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (15.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
