Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Ellsworth Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13121009001 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,264 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
In the Ellsworth Park area of Atlanta, census tract 13121009001 scores 5.9/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #23,384 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,806 a month while the average household earns $85,322 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 74% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share74.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$85,322
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.8067, -84.4078 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ellsworth Park scores 3.3
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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,806 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Ellsworth Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 6%Grade B
- 8%Grade C
- 11%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,451Total filings 2020-21
- 19.1Avg 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 Ellsworth Park. 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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 14.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ellsworth Park
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 racially mixed and ranks around the 7th 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 11% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121009001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121009001?
Census tract 13121009001 in the Ellsworth Park neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 13121009001?
Median gross rent is $1,806/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121009001?
6.3% of residents in tract 13121009001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,264.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121009001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 1th, minority 54th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 13121009001 considered part of Ellsworth Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121009001 fall within Ellsworth Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121009001 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121009001 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121009001 scores 3.3/10, right in line with 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 13121009001 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. 11% 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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