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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Candler-McAfee Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 13089023505 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,991

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 13089023505 in Candler-McAfee, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,991. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 10% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units903
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$73,304

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Candler-McAfee
Very Low
Within county
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#158 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#1,936 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Candler-McAfee and the region

Centroid at 33.7240, -84.2589 · click any tract to drill in

Why Candler-McAfee scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Candler-McAfee
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,393 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Candler-McAfee
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Candler-McAfee
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Candler-McAfee
6.9

How Candler-McAfee compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Candler-McAfee risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0235054.0Candler-McAfeeparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 584Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 27.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.2%Peak (2015)
  • 84Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13089023505
Filings climbed 110% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 350Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Candler-McAfee

Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

It sits 1.3 points below the DeKalb County average of 4.5. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 584 filings here across 8 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 34.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 27.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089023505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023505?

Census tract 13089023505 in Candler-McAfee scores 3.2/10 (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 13089023505?

Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023505?

3.1% of residents in tract 13089023505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,991.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 75th, minority 92th, housing 14th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089023505?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 584 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089023505 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 27.73% of renter households, peaking at 34.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089023505 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.8% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089023505 compare to Candler-McAfee overall?

Tract 13089023505 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Candler-McAfee at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Candler-McAfee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Candler-McAfee

Top eight tracts in Candler-McAfee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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