Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Howell Station Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13121000700 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,897 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 13121000700 covers the Howell Station area of Atlanta, home to 2,897 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 69th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,859 monthly, set against $147,045 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units392
Renter share32.9%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$147,045
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7801, -84.4234 · click any tract to drill in
Why Howell Station scores 2.5
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
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,859 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Howell Station 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.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 48%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 73Total filings over 5 yrs
- 12.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2014)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 917Total filings 2020-21
- 12.1Avg 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 Howell Station. 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.
- 21.2%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.4%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 16.8%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Howell Station
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Atlanta 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 48% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% 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 13121000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121000700?
Census tract 13121000700 in the Howell Station neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 13121000700?
Median gross rent is $1,859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121000700?
8.1% of residents in tract 13121000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,897.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 9th, minority 78th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 13121000700 considered part of Howell Station?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121000700 fall within Howell Station (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121000700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121000700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.73% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.2% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121000700 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121000700 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Atlanta at 3.4/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 13121000700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 48% 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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