Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Browns Mill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121007001 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,284 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 13121007001 sits in the Browns Mill area of Atlanta eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It is home to 3,284 residents. Severe burden reaches 42%. 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 28%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,421
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate36.9%
Median income$48,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
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 33.6915, -84.3868 · click any tract to drill in
Why Browns Mill 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
36.9% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,219 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Browns Mill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 0%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)
- 1,231Total filings over 5 yrs
- 33.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 49.3%Peak (2001)
- 233Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 854Total filings 2020-21
- 11.2Avg 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.
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.
- 29.5%Housing insecurity
- 21.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.2%Food insecurity
- 36.8%SNAP enrollment
- 19.4%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Browns Mill
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. SNAP participation runs 36.8% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.2/10.
The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 37.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,219, 29% below the Atlanta average. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
It sits 1.5 points above the Fulton County average of 4.2. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Fulton County average of 46.8%.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,231 filings here across 5 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 49.3% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121007001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007001?
Census tract 13121007001 in the Browns Mill 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 13121007001?
Median gross rent is $1,219/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007001?
36.9% of residents in tract 13121007001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,284.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 95th, minority 91th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 13121007001 considered part of Browns Mill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007001 fall within Browns Mill (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121007001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,231 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121007001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.98% of renter households, peaking at 49.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121007001 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.5% 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. 21.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121007001 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121007001 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.
Q9
Was tract 13121007001 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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