Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Oakengate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Clarkston
Tract 13089022014 ·
DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,835 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 13089022014 belongs to Oakengate in Clarkston, Georgia. It is home to 2,835 residents and scores 7.5/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 76% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,201 a month against an average household income of $40,865 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 87% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 66%Stable renters 21%Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units746
Renter share87.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate35.8%
Median income$40,865
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 7 tracts In Oakengate
Very High
Within parent city
60th percentile
#3 of 6 tracts In Clarkston
Elevated
Within county
98th percentile
#6 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Very High
Within state
90th percentile
#284 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clarkston and the region
Centroid at 33.8157, -84.2405 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakengate scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Clarkston
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
35.8% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$1,201 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clarkston
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clarkston
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clarkston
8.5
How Oakengate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
99%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
100%Racial/ethnic minority
75%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)
872Total filings 2020-21
11.5Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
39.0%Housing insecurity
32.2%Utility-shutoff threat
50.4%Food insecurity
53.9%SNAP enrollment
27.3%Transit barriers
21.6%No health insurance
24.3%Frequent mental distress
37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakengate
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Clarkston, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 predominantly Black and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 39.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 32.2% 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 13089022014
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022014?
Census tract 13089022014 in the Oakengate neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 13089022014?
Median gross rent is $1,201/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022014?
35.8% of residents in tract 13089022014 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,835.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022014?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 80th, minority 100th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022014 considered part of Oakengate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022014 fall within Oakengate (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022014 struggle to pay rent?
About 39.0% 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. 32.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022014 compare to Clarkston overall?
Tract 13089022014 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Clarkston at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clarkston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clarkston
Top eight tracts in Clarkston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.