Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Joel Chandler Harris Homes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta

Tract 13121003900 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,562 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

For landlords sizing up the Joel Chandler Harris Homes area of Atlanta, census tract 13121003900 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 71% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,321 a month against an average household income of $36,094 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 18% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units713

Renter share61.7%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate49.7%

Median income$36,094

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7501, -84.4221 · click any tract to drill in

Why Joel Chandler Harris Homes scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

49.7% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$1,321 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Joel Chandler Harris Homes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

96%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
70%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
98%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)

799Total filings over 5 yrs
33.09%Avg annual filing rate
26.6%Peak (2001)
148Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings dropped 17% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

646Total filings 2020-21
8.5Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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.

32.1%Housing insecurity
24.9%Utility-shutoff threat
40.1%Food insecurity
41.0%SNAP enrollment
21.9%Transit barriers
16.9%No health insurance
22.0%Frequent mental distress
38.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Joel Chandler Harris Homes

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 799 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 33.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 26.6% of renter households in 2001.

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 13121003900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121003900?

Census tract 13121003900 in the Joel Chandler Harris Homes 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.

What is the average rent in tract 13121003900?

Median gross rent is $1,321/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121003900?

49.7% of residents in tract 13121003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,562.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121003900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 8th, minority 95th, housing 70th.

Is tract 13121003900 considered part of Joel Chandler Harris Homes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121003900 fall within Joel Chandler Harris Homes (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121003900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 799 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.09% of renter households, peaking at 26.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13121003900 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.1% 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. 24.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13121003900 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121003900 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.

Was tract 13121003900 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. 98% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlanta

Top eight tracts in Atlanta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org