Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121006802 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,521 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
13121006802 is a census tract in the Lakewood Heights area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,521 residents. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units387
Renter share83.5%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate86.7%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7043, -84.3610 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood Heights 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
86.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$736 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 Lakewood Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
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)
- 367Total filings over 5 yrs
- 18.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.1%Peak (2015)
- 77Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 101Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg 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 Lakewood Heights. 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.
- 52.7%Housing insecurity
- 45.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 67.5%Food insecurity
- 74.3%SNAP enrollment
- 40.3%Transit barriers
- 28.9%No health insurance
- 29.8%Frequent mental distress
- 52.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Heights
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. At $736 a month, rents run 57% under what the rest of Atlanta commands.
Food insecurity runs 67.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 87%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10.
Disability prevalence runs 52.6% against 31.5% nationally. This is renter territory: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2. The filing record is not thin: 367 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 25.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 18.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121006802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121006802?
Census tract 13121006802 in the Lakewood Heights 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 13121006802?
Median gross rent is $736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121006802?
86.7% of residents in tract 13121006802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,521.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121006802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 29th, minority 95th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 13121006802 considered part of Lakewood Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121006802 fall within Lakewood Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121006802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 367 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121006802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.04% of renter households, peaking at 25.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121006802 struggle to pay rent?
About 52.7% 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. 45.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121006802 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121006802 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.
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