Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
The Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs
Tract 13121010204 · Fulton County, GA · pop 5,278 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13121010204 (the The Oaks area of Sandy Springs, Georgia) comes in at 3.9/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 13% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $174,979 a year. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,896
Renter share3.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$174,979
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.9221, -84.4209 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Oaks scores 1.2
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 The Oaks compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 37Total filings over 5 yrs
- 14.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.3%Peak (2016)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 26Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg 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 The Oaks. 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.
- 4.6%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.5%Food insecurity
- 2.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 5.0%No health insurance
- 11.2%Frequent mental distress
- 19.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Oaks
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sandy Springs eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Fulton County average of 5.7 and below the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 15.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.3% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010204?
Census tract 13121010204 in the The Oaks neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 13121010204?
4.2% of residents in tract 13121010204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,278.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 67th, minority 20th, housing 1th.
Q4
Is tract 13121010204 considered part of The Oaks?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010204 fall within The Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121010204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121010204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.98% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121010204 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.6% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121010204 compare to Sandy Springs overall?
Tract 13121010204 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Sandy Springs at 2.3/10. 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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4.5
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3.3
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/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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