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Chattahoochee Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Sandy Springs

Tract 13121010219 · Fulton County, GA · pop 2,154 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 13121010219 covers part of the Chattahoochee Heights area of Sandy Springs, GA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Fulton County at 46.8%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 71% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,158
Renter share97.7%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$96,214

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Chattahoochee Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 35 tracts In Sandy Springs
Low
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#286 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 33.9713, -84.3741 · 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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,616 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 0102193.4Sandy Springsparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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)

  • 1,213Total filings 2020-21
  • 16.0Avg 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 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

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.6/10. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.6% against 31.5% nationally.

It sits 1.2 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2. SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally.

At $1,616 a month, rents run 14% 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 2.3/10 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 household composition 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.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $96,214.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13121010219

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010219?

Census tract 13121010219 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 13121010219?

Median gross rent is $1,616/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010219?

1.5% of residents in tract 13121010219 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,154.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010219?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 4th, minority 83th, housing 8th.
Q5

Is tract 13121010219 considered part of Chattahoochee Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010219 fall within Chattahoochee Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13121010219 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13121010219 compare to Sandy Springs overall?

Tract 13121010219 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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