Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Misty Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs
Tract 13121010212 · Fulton County, GA · pop 5,736 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
13121010212 is a census tract in the Misty Ridge area of Sandy Springs, GA. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,736 residents. 46% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,534
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$90,893
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.9022, -84.3843 · click any tract to drill in
Why Misty Ridge scores 3.8
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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,558 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 634Total filings over 5 yrs
- 21.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 48.2%Peak (2001)
- 51Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 78% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 823Total filings 2020-21
- 10.8Avg 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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 10.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 17.6%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Misty Ridge
Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 46.8% across Fulton County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. At $1,558 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Sandy Springs commands.
The filing record is not thin: 634 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2001 at 48.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 21.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Fulton County average of 4.2 closely.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $90,893.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010212
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010212?
Census tract 13121010212 in the Misty Ridge neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 13121010212?
Median gross rent is $1,558/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010212?
16.0% of residents in tract 13121010212 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010212?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 73th, minority 67th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 13121010212 considered part of Misty Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010212 fall within Misty Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121010212?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 634 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121010212 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.75% of renter households, peaking at 48.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121010212 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121010212 compare to Sandy Springs overall?
Tract 13121010212 scores 3.8/10, higher 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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4.8
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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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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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