Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Chelsea Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Druid Hills
Tract 13089022403 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,107 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
For landlords sizing up the Chelsea Heights neighborhood of Druid Hills, census tract 13089022403 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,792 a month while the average household earns $224,286 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$224,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Druid Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.7762, -84.3213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chelsea Heights scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Druid Hills
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,792 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Druid Hills
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Druid Hills
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Druid Hills
5.4
How Chelsea Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 48%Grade B
- 7%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 26Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 26Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg 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.
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.
- 4.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.3%Food insecurity
- 2.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 11.3%Frequent mental distress
- 16.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chelsea Heights
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Druid Hills, 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 4.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 13089022403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022403?
Census tract 13089022403 in the Chelsea Heights neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 13089022403?
Median gross rent is $1,792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022403?
6.9% of residents in tract 13089022403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,107.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 11th, minority 18th, housing 8th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022403 considered part of Chelsea Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022403 fall within Chelsea Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089022403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089022403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089022403 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089022403 compare to Druid Hills overall?
Tract 13089022403 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Druid Hills at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Druid Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 13089022403 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Druid Hills
Top eight tracts in Druid Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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