This video and story about Cascade Heights is one of seven about neighborhood issues in the Atlanta mayor’s race by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Cascade Heights is a relatively affluent and historically Black neighborhood bisected by Cascade Road in southwest Atlanta, south of Benjamin Mays Road and east of I-285. Very suburban area in both Districts 10 and 11 that contains the Cascade Nature Preserve, as well as several small businesses that are highlighted at a market the third Saturday of every. Signs endorsing local elections candidates and advertising a campaign to keep the neighborhood clean are found on nearly every lawn, indicating high levels of political engagement.
Demographics, according to 2019 data from Neighborhood Nexus:
Population: 3,110
Median household income: $58,172
Median age: 47
Race: 3.4% white, 95.1% black, 0% Asian, 0.8% Hispanic/Latino (of any race)
Unemployment rate: 5.4%
Poverty rate: 14.5%
Median home value (of owner-occupied units): $165,342
Percent of rental units: 35.7%
Percent of owner-occupied units: 64.3%
Percent of rents above $1000: 55.1%
ABOUT THE VIDEO: Video by Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne and Hyosub Shin. Reporting by Anjali Huynh.
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