Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Oakhurst Eviction Risk: Lower , Decatur
Tract 13089022501 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,451 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 13089022501 covers the Oakhurst area of Decatur in Georgia. Home to 4,451 residents, it scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,817 a month while the average household earns $125,923 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,805
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$125,923
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.7714, -84.3040 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakhurst scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Decatur
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,817 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
4.2
How Oakhurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 31%Grade C
- 42%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 268Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to 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 Oakhurst. 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakhurst
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Decatur eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 74th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 42% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089022501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022501?
Census tract 13089022501 in the Oakhurst neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (Lower 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 13089022501?
Median gross rent is $1,817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022501?
9.0% of residents in tract 13089022501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,451.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 82th, minority 69th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022501 considered part of Oakhurst?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022501 fall within Oakhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022501 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022501 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 13089022501 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Decatur at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089022501 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 42% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Decatur
Top eight tracts in Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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