Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Brownstones at Decatur Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13089022304 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,013 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 13089022304 sits in the Brownstones at Decatur area of North Decatur eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. Population here is 3,013. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,401
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$93,031
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.7975, -84.3006 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brownstones at Decatur scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Decatur
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
6.2
How Brownstones at Decatur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 3%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 152Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg 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
Within Brownstones at Decatur. 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 18.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brownstones at Decatur
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,208, 37% below the North Decatur average.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Cost burden runs 47% here against 52.2% across DeKalb County. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $93,031, annual rent is just 16%.
It tracks the DeKalb County average of 4.5 closely. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089022304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022304?
Census tract 13089022304 in the Brownstones at Decatur neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 13089022304?
Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022304?
15.0% of residents in tract 13089022304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,013.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 49th, minority 67th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022304 considered part of Brownstones at Decatur?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022304 fall within Brownstones at Decatur (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022304 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022304 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 13089022304 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Decatur at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089022304 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Decatur
Top eight tracts in Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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