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Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally

Woodward Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta

Tract 13121008909 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,635 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Woodward neighborhood of Atlanta anchors census tract 13121008909, which lands at 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #54,026 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,517 a month against an average household income of $133,353 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 21% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units732
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$133,353

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Woodward
Very Low
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 180 tracts In Atlanta
Very Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#206 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#2,209 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.8061, -84.4198 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodward scores 2.3

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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,517 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Woodward compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodward risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.32.3This tracttract 008909Atlanta: 3.43.4Atlantaparent cityCounty: 3.23.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 213Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.8Avg 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: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Woodward. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodward

The score leans hardest on 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 below the Fulton County average of 5.7 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13121008909

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121008909?

Census tract 13121008909 in the Woodward neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (Lower 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 13121008909?

Median gross rent is $1,517/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121008909?

1.5% of residents in tract 13121008909 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,635.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121008909?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 1th, minority 35th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 13121008909 considered part of Woodward?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121008909 fall within Woodward (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121008909 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.7% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121008909 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13121008909 scores 2.3/10, lower 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.
Q8

Was tract 13121008909 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 14% 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.

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