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

Sheffield Forest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Norcross

Tract 13135050329 · Gwinnett County, GA · pop 2,385 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 13135050329 covers part of the Sheffield Forest area of Norcross, GA, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59% Stable renters 35% Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units875
Renter share93.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$47,600

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Sheffield Forest
Moderate
Within parent city
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 11 tracts In Norcross
Elevated
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#17 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 33.9179, -84.2039 · 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
19.8% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,655 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 0503294.3Norcrossparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 562Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.4Avg 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 severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Set annual rent against average income of $47,600 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Food insecurity runs 35.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Against Gwinnett County at 52.0%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Running hot, 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.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 13135050329

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13135050329?

Census tract 13135050329 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 13135050329?

Median gross rent is $1,655/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13135050329?

19.8% of residents in tract 13135050329 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,385.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13135050329?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 59th, minority 92th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 13135050329 considered part of Sheffield Forest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13135050329 fall within Sheffield Forest (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13135050329 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.1% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13135050329 compare to Norcross overall?

Tract 13135050329 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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