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Ponderosa Eviction Risk: Lower , South Fulton

Tract 13121010531 · Fulton County, GA · pop 1,929 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 13121010531 sits in the Ponderosa area of South Fulton eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. It is home to 1,929 residents. 26% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Fulton County average of 46.8%.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 16% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units814
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$86,688

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Ponderosa
Moderate
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 24 tracts In South Fulton
Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#178 of 327 tracts In Fulton County
Moderate
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#1,792 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across South Fulton and the region

Centroid at 33.5832, -84.5020 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ponderosa scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from South Fulton
8.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Fulton
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Fulton
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Fulton
6.0

How Ponderosa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ponderosa risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.4This tracttract 0105314.1South Fultonparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 599Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.9Avg 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.

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 Ponderosa

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.6/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.7/10. It sits 0.8 points below the Fulton County average of 4.2. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 0.8 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.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13121010531

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010531?

Census tract 13121010531 in the Ponderosa neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 13121010531?

0.8% of residents in tract 13121010531 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,929.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010531?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 8th, minority 99th, housing 16th.
Q4

Is tract 13121010531 considered part of Ponderosa?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010531 fall within Ponderosa (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 13121010531 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 13121010531 compare to South Fulton overall?

Tract 13121010531 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of South Fulton at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Fulton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in South Fulton

Top eight tracts in South Fulton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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