Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Midtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121001301 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,271 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 13121001301 covers part of the Midtown area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,271. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,698
Renter share74.9%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$71,535
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7763, -84.3741 · click any tract to drill in
Why Midtown scores 4.7
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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Midtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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
- 96%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)
- 104Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 5.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 17.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Midtown
roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Fulton County average of 46.8%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.8% against 31.5% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,496, 13% below the Atlanta average. 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 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 5.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Fulton County average of 4.2 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121001301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001301?
Census tract 13121001301 in the Midtown neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 13121001301?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121001301?
10.5% of residents in tract 13121001301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,271.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 1th, minority 44th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 13121001301 considered part of Midtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001301 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121001301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121001301 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121001301 scores 4.7/10, higher 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 13121001301 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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