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Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Midtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta

Tract 13121001206 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,319 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Eviction risk in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta centers on tract 13121001206, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,319 residents. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,013 a month against an average household income of $121,361 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 24% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,646
Renter share39.7%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$121,361

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 9 tracts In Midtown
Elevated
Within parent city
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#119 of 180 tracts In Atlanta
Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#138 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
Elevated
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#1,525 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7795, -84.3850 · click any tract to drill in

Why Midtown scores 3.4

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
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$2,013 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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.
Midtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 001206Atlanta: 3.43.4Atlantaparent cityCounty: 3.23.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

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.

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)

  • 835Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 15 filings (150.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 21 filings (210.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 18 filings (180.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 18 filings (180.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 31 filings (310.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 27 filings (270.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 22 filings (220.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Midtown

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 about the same as 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th 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.

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 13121001206

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001206?

Census tract 13121001206 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 13121001206?

Median gross rent is $2,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121001206?

16.5% of residents in tract 13121001206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,319.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 0th, minority 50th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 13121001206 considered part of Midtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001206 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121001206 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121001206 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121001206 scores 3.4/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 13121001206 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.

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