Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Midtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta

Tract 13121001001 · Fulton County, GA · pop 4,800 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta for landlords? Census tract 13121001001 scores 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,353 a month while the average household earns $102,591 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 73% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 38% Owners 27%

Tract context

Occupied units2,425

Renter share72.7%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate20.9%

Median income$102,591

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7828, -84.3902 · click any tract to drill in

Why Midtown scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

20.9% poverty · this tract

5.2

Supply constraint

$2,353 rent vs county FMR

7.9

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 Midtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

25%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
72%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
94%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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

230Total filings over 5 yrs
13.36%Avg annual filing rate
24.0%Peak (2014)
43Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 126% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,497Total filings 2020-21
19.7Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Midtown. 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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
7.1%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
20.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Midtown

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.9/10. 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 Atlanta eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Fulton County average of 5.7 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 13121001001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001001?

Census tract 13121001001 in the Midtown neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 13121001001?

Median gross rent is $2,353/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121001001?

20.9% of residents in tract 13121001001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,800.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 0th, minority 72th, housing 95th.

Is tract 13121001001 considered part of Midtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001001 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121001001?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 230 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121001001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.36% of renter households, peaking at 24.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13121001001 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13121001001 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121001001 scores 4/10, higher 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.

Was tract 13121001001 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlanta

Top eight tracts in Atlanta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org