3 census tracts · pop 11,124 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.7/10
· range 3.1–4.7
Oak Grove is a 3-tract neighborhood of North Decatur, GA and houses 11,124 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.7/10, placing it in the Lower tier. 44% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the North Decatur rate of 32.8%.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.4/10. 23% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Average gross rent is $1,372, 28% below the North Decatur average of $1,913. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.1 to 4.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10.
SNAP participation is 3.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 5.4% of adults, 12.4 points below the national rate.
Court records carry 596 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.8/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 23.1% of renter households.
Judgments average 2.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Against average income of $137,180, annual rent is only 12%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
3 tracts · population-weighted
Oak Grove vs North DecaturHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority44%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport27%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Oak Grove
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
596Total filings (sum)
10.37%Avg annual filing rate
23.1%Peak year (2016)
11.92%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
715Total filings 2020-21
3.3Avg monthly observed
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Atlanta, GA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oak Grove
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.7%Housing insecurity
3.6%Utility shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
3.4%SNAP enrollment
6.3%No health insurance
17.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Oak Grove
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Oak Grove?
Oak Grove scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Oak Grove compare to North Decatur overall?
Oak Grove scores 0.8 points lower than North Decatur overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,372 vs $1,913.
Q3
What is the average rent in Oak Grove?
Average gross rent in Oak Grove is $1,372/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Oak Grove residents are renters?
29% of Oak Grove households are renter-occupied (vs 45% in North Decatur). The neighborhood has 11,124 residents.
Q5
Is Oak Grove a high social-vulnerability area?
Oak Grove sits in the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Oak Grove have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Oak Grove is census tract 13089021606 (score 4.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 4.7, a spread of 1.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Oak Grove for landlords?
Oak Grove carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.7/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to North Decatur as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Oak Grove?
Oak Grove has 11,326 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13.1%), Hispanic / Latino (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
