Within neighborhood
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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Cascade Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121007708 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,152 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 13121007708 in the Cascade Heights area of Atlanta, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,152 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,380
Renter share61.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$74,400
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7109, -84.4823 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cascade Heights scores 4.7
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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,369 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Cascade Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 2,083Total filings 2020-21
- 27.4Avg 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 Cascade 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.
- 24.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.3%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cascade Heights
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.8% across Fulton County.
Average gross rent is $1,369, 20% below the Atlanta average. Housing insecurity runs 24.1% against 14.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Fulton County average of 4.2 closely.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $74,400. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121007708
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007708?
Census tract 13121007708 in the Cascade Heights neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 13121007708?
Median gross rent is $1,369/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007708?
11.9% of residents in tract 13121007708 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,152.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007708?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 54th, minority 97th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 13121007708 considered part of Cascade Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007708 fall within Cascade Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121007708 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.1% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121007708 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121007708 scores 4.7/10, 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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