Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lenox Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13121000201 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,233 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
13121000201 is a census tract in the Lenox Park area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,233 residents. Cost burden runs 29% here against 46.8% across Fulton County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,147
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$139,883
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7973, -84.3659 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lenox Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlanta
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,917 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlanta
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlanta
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlanta
4.0
How Lenox Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 42%Grade B
- 16%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 38Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg 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
Within Lenox Park. 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 17.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lenox Park
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. SNAP participation runs 3.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. At $1,917 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Atlanta commands.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121000201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121000201?
Census tract 13121000201 in the Lenox Park 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 average rent in tract 13121000201?
Median gross rent is $1,917/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121000201?
1.3% of residents in tract 13121000201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,233.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121000201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 0th, minority 35th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 13121000201 considered part of Lenox Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121000201 fall within Lenox Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121000201 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121000201 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121000201 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Atlanta at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlanta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13121000201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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