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Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally

Valley View Eviction Risk: Lower , Dunwoody

Tract 13089021230 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,947 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

The Valley View neighborhood of Dunwoody anchors census tract 13089021230, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #20,738 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,852 monthly, set against $109,805 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 45% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,990
Renter share66.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate0.1%
Median income$109,805

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Valley View
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 13 tracts In Dunwoody
Moderate
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#193 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Very Low
Within state
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#2,556 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dunwoody and the region

Centroid at 33.9288, -84.3428 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valley View scores 1.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dunwoody
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
0.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,852 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dunwoody
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dunwoody
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dunwoody
5.9

How Valley View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Valley View risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.61.6This tracttract 021230Dunwoody: 2.32.3Dunwoodyparent cityCounty: 3.53.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.73.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 657Total filings 2020-21
  • 8.6Avg 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 baseline2020-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 21 filings (210.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 19 filings (190.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 21 filings (210.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 4 filings (40.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 5 filings (50.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 11 filings (110.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 18 filings (180.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 16 filings (160.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 8 filings (80.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 17 filings (170.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 13 filings (130.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 9 filings (90.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 12 filings (120.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 14 filings (140.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 10 filings (100.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Valley View. 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 Valley View

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Dunwoody 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 above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 5.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Asian and White and ranks around the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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 13089021230

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021230?

Census tract 13089021230 in the Valley View neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 13089021230?

Median gross rent is $1,852/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021230?

0.1% of residents in tract 13089021230 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,947.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021230?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 6th, minority 80th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 13089021230 considered part of Valley View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021230 fall within Valley View (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089021230 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.5% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089021230 compare to Dunwoody overall?

Tract 13089021230 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Dunwoody at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dunwoody eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dunwoody

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

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