Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Brookhaven Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13089021419 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 1,988 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Brookhaven
Tract 13089021419, home to 1,988 residents in Brookhaven, scores 6.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,728 a month while the average household earns $76,667 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,050
Renter share76.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$76,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region
Centroid at 33.8449, -84.3199 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookhaven scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,728 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.6
How Brookhaven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,411Total filings 2020-21
- 18.6Avg 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
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.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.2%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 17.4%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Brookhaven eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 62nd 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089021419
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021419?
Census tract 13089021419 in Brookhaven scores 3.3/10 (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 13089021419?
Median gross rent is $1,728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021419?
10.5% of residents in tract 13089021419 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,988.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021419?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 28th, minority 86th, housing 57th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13089021419 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.6% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13089021419 compare to Brookhaven overall?
Tract 13089021419 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Brookhaven at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookhaven eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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