Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Sweet Auburn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121002802 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,715 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 13121002802 covers part of the Sweet Auburn area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,715. Set annual rent against average income of $16,620 and the ratio lands at 61%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 53%
Owners 1%
Tract context
Occupied units782
Renter share98.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate39.1%
Median income$16,620
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7569, -84.3801 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sweet Auburn scores 5.7
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
39.1% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$850 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Sweet Auburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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
- 0%Grade C
- 36%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)
- 2,055Total filings 2020-21
- 27.0Avg 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 Sweet Auburn. 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.
- 26.3%Housing insecurity
- 18.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.3%Food insecurity
- 33.3%SNAP enrollment
- 24.0%Transit barriers
- 16.9%No health insurance
- 27.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sweet Auburn
At $850 a month, rents run 50% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10. 98% 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 high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. The poverty rate is 39%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
SNAP participation runs 33.3% against 15.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Housing insecurity runs 26.3% against 14.2% nationally.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121002802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121002802?
Census tract 13121002802 in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 13121002802?
Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121002802?
39.1% of residents in tract 13121002802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,715.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121002802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 56th, minority 87th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 13121002802 considered part of Sweet Auburn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121002802 fall within Sweet Auburn (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121002802 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.3% 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. 18.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121002802 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121002802 scores 5.7/10, 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 13121002802 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. 36% 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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