Within neighborhood
38
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Midtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13121001302 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,050 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 13121001302 in the Midtown area of Atlanta, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,131
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$126,635
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7761, -84.3700 · click any tract to drill in
Why Midtown scores 3.6
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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,890 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
- 59%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)
- 331Total filings 2020-21
- 4.4Avg 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Midtown
Against Fulton County at 46.8%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
Average gross rent is $1,890, 10% above the Atlanta average. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $126,635, annual rent is just 18%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121001302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001302?
Census tract 13121001302 in the Midtown neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 13121001302?
Median gross rent is $1,890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121001302?
13.8% of residents in tract 13121001302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,050.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 6th, minority 54th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 13121001302 considered part of Midtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001302 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121001302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121001302 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121001302 scores 3.6/10, 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 13121001302 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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