Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Virginia Highland Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13121001400 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,302 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
13121001400 is a census tract in the Virginia Highland area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,302. Against Fulton County at 46.8%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,491
Renter share55.4%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$100,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7771, -84.3623 · click any tract to drill in
Why Virginia Highland scores 3.5
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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,727 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Virginia Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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
- 14%Grade B
- 53%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)
- 302Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2003)
- 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 72% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 145Total filings 2020-21
- 1.9Avg 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 Virginia Highland. 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 3.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 15.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Virginia Highland
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.1% against 31.5% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Food insecurity runs 5.2% against 17.8% nationally. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 302 filings here across 5 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2. Filings peaked in 2003 at 11.9% of renter households.
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. In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121001400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001400?
Census tract 13121001400 in the Virginia Highland neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 13121001400?
Median gross rent is $1,727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121001400?
6.3% of residents in tract 13121001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,302.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 0th, minority 27th, housing 22th.
Q5
Is tract 13121001400 considered part of Virginia Highland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001400 fall within Virginia Highland (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121001400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 302 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.32% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121001400 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121001400 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121001400 scores 3.5/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 13121001400 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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