Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Misty Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs
Tract 13121010136 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,417 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 13121010136 in the Misty Ridge area of Sandy Springs, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,417. Against Fulton County at 46.8%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,603
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$135,302
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.8845, -84.3734 · click any tract to drill in
Why Misty Ridge 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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$2,266 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Misty Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 499Total 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 Misty Ridge. 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 19.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Misty Ridge
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. The voucher gap is 23.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Disability prevalence runs 19.3% against 31.5% nationally. At $2,266 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Sandy Springs commands. It sits 1.2 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2.
SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010136
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010136?
Census tract 13121010136 in the Misty Ridge 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 13121010136?
Median gross rent is $2,266/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010136?
15.6% of residents in tract 13121010136 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010136?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 50th, minority 34th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 13121010136 considered part of Misty Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010136 fall within Misty Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121010136 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121010136 compare to Sandy Springs overall?
Tract 13121010136 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.
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