Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Hickory Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Forest Park
Tract 13063040414 ·
Clayton County, GA · pop 1,501 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Hickory Hills neighborhood of Forest Park anchors census tract 13063040414, which lands at 6.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,294 a month while the average household earns $59,519 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%Stable renters 46%Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units573
Renter share67.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$59,519
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Hickory Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
50th percentile
#4 of 7 tracts In Forest Park
Moderate
Within county
70th percentile
#22 of 70 tracts In Clayton County
Elevated
Within state
77th percentile
#658 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Park and the region
Centroid at 33.5862, -84.3746 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hickory Hills scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Forest Park
8.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.5
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,294 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Park
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Park
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Park
7.2
How Hickory Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
60%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,886Total filings over 11 yrs
64.85%Avg annual filing rate
114.2%Peak (2010)
302Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2002 to 2016
Filings climbed 79% over the past 11 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
568Total filings 2020-21
7.5Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
30.2%Housing insecurity
18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
37.8%Food insecurity
31.0%SNAP enrollment
18.5%Transit barriers
29.9%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hickory Hills
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Forest Park 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 Clayton County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 30.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13063040414
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13063040414?
Census tract 13063040414 in the Hickory Hills neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 13063040414?
Median gross rent is $1,294/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13063040414?
24.5% of residents in tract 13063040414 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,501.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13063040414?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 97th, minority 89th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 13063040414 considered part of Hickory Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13063040414 fall within Hickory Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13063040414?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,886 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 13063040414 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 64.85% of renter households, peaking at 114.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13063040414 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.2% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13063040414 compare to Forest Park overall?
Tract 13063040414 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Forest Park at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Forest Park
Top eight tracts in Forest Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.