Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Mechanicsville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13121012000 · Fulton County, GA · pop 3,683 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
13121012000 is a census tract in the Mechanicsville area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,683. The severe-burden share is 69%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 63%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units1,795
Renter share79.9%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate58.9%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7359, -84.3930 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mechanicsville scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlanta
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
58.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$694 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlanta
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlanta
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlanta
4.0
How Mechanicsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 84%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,425Total filings over 5 yrs
- 30.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 39.7%Peak (2001)
- 194Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,313Total filings 2020-21
- 17.3Avg 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 Mechanicsville. 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.
- 37.9%Housing insecurity
- 32.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 49.8%Food insecurity
- 54.3%SNAP enrollment
- 26.7%Transit barriers
- 19.8%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 43.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mechanicsville
Cost burden runs 79% here against 46.8% across Fulton County. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Average gross rent is $694, 59% below the Atlanta average.
SNAP participation runs 54.3% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 59%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Housing insecurity runs 37.9% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.6/10. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Fulton County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Court records carry 1,425 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 39.7% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13121012000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13121012000?
Census tract 13121012000 in the Mechanicsville neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 13121012000?
Median gross rent is $694/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13121012000?
58.9% of residents in tract 13121012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,683.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13121012000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 83th, minority 86th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 13121012000 considered part of Mechanicsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13121012000 fall within Mechanicsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13121012000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,425 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 13121012000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.22% of renter households, peaking at 39.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13121012000 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.9% 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. 32.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13121012000 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13121012000 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Atlanta at 4.3/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 13121012000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 84% 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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