Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Hammond Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121010802 · Fulton County, GA · pop 4,578 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Hammond Park in Atlanta anchors census tract 13121010802, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,110 a month while the average household earns $59,882 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,747
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate15.7%
Median income$59,882
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.6634, -84.4022 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hammond Park scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlanta
8.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
15.7% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,110 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlanta
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlanta
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlanta
5.6
How Hammond Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 10%Grade C
- 9%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 967Total filings 2020-21
- 12.7Avg 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 Hammond Park. 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.
- 24.5%Housing insecurity
- 16.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.1%Food insecurity
- 26.8%SNAP enrollment
- 15.6%Transit barriers
- 23.1%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hammond Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Atlanta eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Fulton County average of 5.7 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Part of this tract, about 9% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121010802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121010802?
Census tract 13121010802 in the Hammond Park neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 13121010802?
Median gross rent is $1,110/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121010802?
15.7% of residents in tract 13121010802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,578.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121010802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 78th, minority 88th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 13121010802 considered part of Hammond Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121010802 fall within Hammond Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13121010802 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.5% 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. 16.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13121010802 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121010802 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Atlanta at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlanta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13121010802 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 9% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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