Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Northwoods Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chamblee
Tract 13089021308 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,940 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 13089021308 sits in the Northwoods area of Chamblee eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,464
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$56,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chamblee and the region
Centroid at 33.8758, -84.2857 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwoods scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chamblee
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,724 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chamblee
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chamblee
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chamblee
6.9
How Northwoods compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 649Total filings over 8 yrs
- 11.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.4%Peak (2014)
- 77Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 225Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg 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 Northwoods. 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.
- 23.7%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.3%Food insecurity
- 25.7%SNAP enrollment
- 15.6%Transit barriers
- 31.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwoods
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. It sits 2.5 points above the DeKalb County average of 4.5. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Set annual rent against average income of $56,625 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 32.3% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against DeKalb County at 52.2%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The filing record is not thin: 649 evictions over 8 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 19.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089021308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021308?
Census tract 13089021308 in the Northwoods neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 13089021308?
Median gross rent is $1,724/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021308?
25.8% of residents in tract 13089021308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,940.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 57th, minority 82th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021308 considered part of Northwoods?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021308 fall within Northwoods (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089021308?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 649 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089021308 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.43% of renter households, peaking at 19.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089021308 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.7% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089021308 compare to Chamblee overall?
Tract 13089021308 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Chamblee at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chamblee eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chamblee
Top eight tracts in Chamblee ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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