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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Ridgeview Forest Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs

Tract 13121010137 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,569 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 13121010137 covers part of the Ridgeview Forest area of Sandy Springs, GA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,569. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Fulton County average of 46.8%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 41% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,810
Renter share58.2%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$82,070

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Ridgeview Forest
Very Low
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#29 of 35 tracts In Sandy Springs
Very Low
Within county
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#281 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
Very Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,121 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region

Centroid at 33.8953, -84.3738 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridgeview Forest scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,595 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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.
Ridgeview Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0101373.4Sandy Springsparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

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)

  • 680Total filings 2020-21
  • 9.0Avg 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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridgeview Forest

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2. SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $1,595 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Sandy Springs commands.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121010137

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010137?

Census tract 13121010137 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 13121010137?

Median gross rent is $1,595/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010137?

1.4% of residents in tract 13121010137 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,569.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010137?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 30th, minority 64th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 13121010137 considered part of Ridgeview Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010137 fall within Ridgeview Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121010137 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121010137 compare to Sandy Springs overall?

Tract 13121010137 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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