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Chattahoochee Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs

Tract 13121010217 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,651 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

13121010217 is a census tract in the Chattahoochee Heights area of Sandy Springs, GA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 17% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,216
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$99,483

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Chattahoochee Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 35 tracts In Sandy Springs
Moderate
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#285 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 33.9586, -84.3739 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chattahoochee Heights 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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,388 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Chattahoochee Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chattahoochee Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0102173.4Sandy Springsparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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)

  • 804Total filings 2020-21
  • 10.6Avg 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 Chattahoochee Heights. 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 Chattahoochee Heights

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,388, 26% below the Sandy Springs average. Cost burden runs 38% here against 46.8% across Fulton County. It sits 1.2 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2.

SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $99,483, an unusually wide affordability cushion. 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13121010217

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010217?

Census tract 13121010217 in the Chattahoochee Heights 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 13121010217?

Median gross rent is $1,388/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010217?

6.5% of residents in tract 13121010217 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,651.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010217?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 15th, minority 56th, housing 19th.
Q5

Is tract 13121010217 considered part of Chattahoochee Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010217 fall within Chattahoochee Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121010217 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121010217 compare to Sandy Springs overall?

Tract 13121010217 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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