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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Sheffield Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norcross

Tract 13135050306 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 3,686 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 5.7/10, tract 13135050306 in the Sheffield Forest area of Norcross, GA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,686. 50% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 16% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,307
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$53,661

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Sheffield Forest
Very High
Within parent city
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 11 tracts In Norcross
Elevated
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#18 of 220 tracts In Gwinnett County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#210 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Norcross and the region

Centroid at 33.9280, -84.2300 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sheffield Forest scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Norcross
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,740 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Norcross
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Norcross
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Norcross
7.4

How Sheffield Forest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sheffield Forest risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0503064.3Norcrossparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 630Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 16.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.4%Peak (2003)
  • 44Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13135050306
Filings dropped 39% over the past 9 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 515Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.8Avg 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 Sheffield Forest. 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 Sheffield Forest

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 31.4% against 11.3% nationally.

Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $53,661, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Gwinnett County average of 52.0%. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. Against the Gwinnett County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Court records carry 630 eviction filings across 9 observed years.

Housing insecurity runs 22.3% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2003, when 28.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 16.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13135050306

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050306?

Census tract 13135050306 in the Sheffield Forest 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 13135050306?

Median gross rent is $1,740/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050306?

17.7% of residents in tract 13135050306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,686.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050306?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 39th, minority 84th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 13135050306 considered part of Sheffield Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050306 fall within Sheffield Forest (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13135050306?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 630 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 13135050306 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.13% of renter households, peaking at 28.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13135050306 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.3% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13135050306 compare to Norcross overall?

Tract 13135050306 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Norcross at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Norcross; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Norcross

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

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