Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Brookwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Alpharetta
Tract 13121009103 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,774 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13121009103 (the Brookwood neighborhood of Alpharetta, Georgia) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,894 a month against an average household income of $91,321 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,279
Renter share57.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$91,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alpharetta and the region
Centroid at 33.8040, -84.3972 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookwood scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Alpharetta
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,894 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alpharetta
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alpharetta
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alpharetta
4.0
How Brookwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 45%Grade B
- 12%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 766Total filings 2020-21
- 10.1Avg 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 Brookwood. 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookwood
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 Alpharetta eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 19th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121009103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121009103?
Census tract 13121009103 in the Brookwood neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 13121009103?
Median gross rent is $1,894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121009103?
12.6% of residents in tract 13121009103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,774.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121009103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 0th, minority 54th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 13121009103 considered part of Brookwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121009103 fall within Brookwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121009103 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121009103 compare to Alpharetta overall?
Tract 13121009103 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Alpharetta at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alpharetta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13121009103 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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