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Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Fairburn Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta

Tract 13121007807 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,916 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.8/10 for census tract 13121007807 reflects conditions in the Fairburn Heights area of Atlanta, Georgia. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,154 monthly, set against $44,732 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 38% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,009
Renter share62.7%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$44,732

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fairburn Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#61 of 180 tracts In Atlanta
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#67 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
High
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#658 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7625, -84.4969 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairburn Heights scores 4.9

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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,154 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Fairburn Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairburn Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 007807Atlanta: 3.43.4Atlantaparent cityCounty: 3.23.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

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)

  • 632Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 20.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.1%Peak (2001)
  • 127Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 131210078072001: 167 filings (26.09/100 renter HHs)2003: 108 filings (16.88/100 renter HHs)2014: 100 filings (16.89/100 renter HHs)2015: 130 filings (21.96/100 renter HHs)2016: 127 filings (18.79/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 24% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 884Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 15 filings (150.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 23 filings (230.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 24 filings (240.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 19 filings (190.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 18 filings (180.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 25 filings (250.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 15 filings (150.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 62 filings (620.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 47 filings (470.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 28 filings (280.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 25 filings (250.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 22 filings (220.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairburn Heights

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as the Fulton County average of 5.7 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 41.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 34.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121007807

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121007807?

Census tract 13121007807 in the Fairburn Heights neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 13121007807?

Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121007807?

18.4% of residents in tract 13121007807 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,916.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121007807?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 59th, minority 98th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 13121007807 considered part of Fairburn Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121007807 fall within Fairburn Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121007807?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 632 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121007807 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.12% of renter households, peaking at 26.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13121007807 struggle to pay rent?

About 41.5% 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. 34.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13121007807 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121007807 scores 4.9/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlanta

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

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