Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Midtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13121001204 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,939 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 13121001204 covers part of the Midtown area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,939 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,534
Renter share43.5%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$107,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7788, -84.3802 · click any tract to drill in
Why Midtown scores 3.4
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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,757 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
- 100%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)
- 189Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg 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 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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 16.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Midtown
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. SNAP participation runs 3.3% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.3% against 14.2% nationally.
Cost burden runs 51% here against 46.8% across Fulton County. It sits 0.8 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121001204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001204?
Census tract 13121001204 in the Midtown neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 13121001204?
Median gross rent is $1,757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121001204?
6.5% of residents in tract 13121001204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,939.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 0th, minority 43th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 13121001204 considered part of Midtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001204 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121001204 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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 13121001204 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121001204 scores 3.4/10, 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 13121001204 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.
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