Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Atlanta University Center Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13121003800 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,911 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 13121003800 covers part of the Atlanta University Center area of Atlanta, GA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units182
Renter share89.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate16.2%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7508, -84.4120 · click any tract to drill in
Why Atlanta University Center scores 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
16.2% poverty · this tract
4.0
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 Atlanta University Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 84%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
- 100%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)
- 496Total filings over 5 yrs
- 36.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.5%Peak (2001)
- 75Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 272Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg 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 Atlanta University Center. 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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.1%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.4%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 22.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Atlanta University Center
89% 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. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 496 filings here across 5 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2. The worst year on record was 2001, when 22.5% of renter households were served. 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.
In a typical year about 36.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121003800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121003800?
Census tract 13121003800 in the Atlanta University Center neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 13121003800?
16.2% of residents in tract 13121003800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,911.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121003800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 10th, minority 84th, housing 98th.
Q4
Is tract 13121003800 considered part of Atlanta University Center?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121003800 fall within Atlanta University Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121003800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 496 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121003800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 36.84% of renter households, peaking at 22.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121003800 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121003800 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121003800 scores 5/10, 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 13121003800 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. 100% 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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