This video and story about Westview is one of seven about neighborhood issues in the Atlanta mayor’s race by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Westview is a tightknit, politically engaged neighborhood in 30310 located just south of I-20 in southwest Atlanta and adjacent to the Beltline and has lots of longtime legacy residents but a wave of new, younger residents is starting to come in amid a huge rise in home prices. Adjacent to the West End, it has a commercial corridor and several small businesses.
Demographics, according to 2019 data from Neighborhood Nexus:
Population: 3,505
Median household income: $38,534
Median age: 37
Race: 6.6% white, 88.8% Black, 1.2% Asian, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino
Unemployment rate: 10.8% (this could have changed since COVID)
Poverty rate: 18.4%
Median home value (of owner-occupied units): $193,514
Percent of rental units: 59.9%
Percent of owner-occupied units: 40.1%
Percent of rents above $1000: 41.3%
ABOUT THE VIDEO: Video by Ryon Horne, Tyson Horne and Hyosub Shin. Reporting by J.D. Capelouto.
Westview Atlanta map
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