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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Valley View Eviction Risk: Lower , Dunwoody

Tract 13089021226 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,148 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3.7/10, tract 13089021226 in the Valley View area of Dunwoody, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,148 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 41% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,060
Renter share88.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$78,136

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Valley View
Very High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 13 tracts In Dunwoody
High
Within county
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#134 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,551 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dunwoody and the region

Centroid at 33.9214, -84.3328 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valley View scores 3.7

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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,945 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 / state3.7This tracttract 0212264.2Dunwoodyparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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)

  • 1,188Total filings 2020-21
  • 15.6Avg 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 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

Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. SNAP participation runs 6.3% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,945, close to the Dunwoody average.

Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $78,136.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089021226

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021226?

Census tract 13089021226 in the Valley View neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 13089021226?

Median gross rent is $1,945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021226?

6.9% of residents in tract 13089021226 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,148.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021226?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 3th, minority 76th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 13089021226 considered part of Valley View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021226 fall within Valley View (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089021226 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089021226 compare to Dunwoody overall?

Tract 13089021226 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Dunwoody at 4.2/10. 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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