Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Cascade Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta

Tract 13121008000 · Fulton County, GA · pop 5,628 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 13121008000 belongs to the Cascade Heights neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It is home to 5,628 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 85% of renter households, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,208 a month against an average household income of $46,824 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 6% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units2,412

Renter share40.5%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate11.3%

Median income$46,824

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7245, -84.4556 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cascade Heights scores 4.4

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

11.3% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,208 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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: 84

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

86%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
61%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)

779Total filings over 5 yrs
24.92%Avg annual filing rate
34.0%Peak (2003)
137Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings dropped 23% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

636Total filings 2020-21
8.4Avg 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.

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.

21.2%Housing insecurity
14.5%Utility-shutoff threat
25.2%Food insecurity
22.3%SNAP enrollment
13.0%Transit barriers
12.7%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
33.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cascade Heights

The heaviest input here 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 above 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 84th 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13121008000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121008000?

Census tract 13121008000 in the Cascade Heights neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 13121008000?

Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121008000?

11.3% of residents in tract 13121008000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,628.

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121008000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 74th, minority 93th, housing 61th.

Is tract 13121008000 considered part of Cascade Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121008000 fall within Cascade Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121008000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 779 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121008000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.92% of renter households, peaking at 34.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 13121008000 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 14.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 13121008000 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121008000 scores 4.4/10, 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 13121008000 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.

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