Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Tucker Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13089021820 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,114 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Tucker
How risky is Tucker in DeKalb County for landlords? Census tract 13089021820 scores 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #7,890 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 68% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,768 a month against an average household income of $56,019 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$56,019
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tucker and the region
Centroid at 33.8555, -84.2510 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tucker scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tucker
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
$1,768 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tucker
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tucker
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tucker
7.3
How Tucker compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 1,548Total filings 2020-21
- 20.4Avg 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 18.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tucker
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Tucker 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 White and ranks around the 34th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 13089021820
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021820?
Census tract 13089021820 in Tucker scores 3.8/10 (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 13089021820?
Median gross rent is $1,768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021820?
10.5% of residents in tract 13089021820 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,114.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021820?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 17th, minority 81th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13089021820 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13089021820 compare to Tucker overall?
Tract 13089021820 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Tucker at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tucker eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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