Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeview Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs
Tract 13121010115 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,764 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 13121010115 sits in the Ridgeview Forest area of Sandy Springs eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,764 residents. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Fulton County average of 46.8%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,158
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$185,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.8979, -84.3565 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeview Forest scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sandy Springs
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,973 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandy Springs
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandy Springs
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandy Springs
2.5
How Ridgeview Forest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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)
- 109Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2014)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 425% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 503Total filings 2020-21
- 6.6Avg 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 Ridgeview Forest. 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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 3.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeview Forest
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Food insecurity runs 5.9% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.2 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2. Court records carry 109 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.3/10. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $185,500, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010115
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010115?
Census tract 13121010115 in the Ridgeview Forest neighborhood scores 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 13121010115?
Median gross rent is $1,973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010115?
2.8% of residents in tract 13121010115 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,764.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010115?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 16th, minority 41th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 13121010115 considered part of Ridgeview Forest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010115 fall within Ridgeview Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121010115?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121010115 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.01% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121010115 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121010115 compare to Sandy Springs overall?
Tract 13121010115 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Sandy Springs at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandy Springs eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sandy Springs
Top eight tracts in Sandy Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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4.4
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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