Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Hotel District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121001801 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,412 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 6.5/10, tract 13121001801 in the Hotel District area of Atlanta ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,412 residents. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.
34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $47,852 a year. About 82% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 54%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,685
Renter share82.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate42.8%
Median income$47,852
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7691, -84.3773 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hotel District scores 5.6
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
42.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Hotel District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 17%Grade C
- 82%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)
- 599Total filings 2020-21
- 7.9Avg 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 Hotel District. 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.
- 21.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.7%Food insecurity
- 27.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.2%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hotel District
What moves this score most is economic stress 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 above 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 13121001801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121001801?
Census tract 13121001801 in the Hotel District neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 13121001801?
42.8% of residents in tract 13121001801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,412.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121001801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 17th, minority 77th, housing 55th.
Q4
Is tract 13121001801 considered part of Hotel District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121001801 fall within Hotel District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 13121001801 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.4% 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. 15.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13121001801 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121001801 scores 5.6/10, higher than 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.
Q7
Was tract 13121001801 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 82% 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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