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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