Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , North Decatur
Tract 13089021606 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,248 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
13089021606 is a census tract in the Oak Grove area of North Druid Hills, GA. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,248 residents. 43% 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
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,694
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$107,898
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.8265, -84.3143 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Grove scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Decatur
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$2,116 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Decatur
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Decatur
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Decatur
7.0
How Oak Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 469Total filings 2020-21
- 6.2Avg 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 Oak Grove. 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 17.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Grove
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. 66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the DeKalb County average of 52.2%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 4.5% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 15.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
At $2,116 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of North Druid Hills commands. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the DeKalb County average of 4.5 closely.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $107,898.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089021606
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021606?
Census tract 13089021606 in the Oak Grove neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 13089021606?
Median gross rent is $2,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021606?
8.5% of residents in tract 13089021606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,248.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021606?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 11th, minority 55th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021606 considered part of Oak Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021606 fall within Oak Grove (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021606 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021606 compare to North Decatur overall?
Tract 13089021606 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of North Decatur at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in North Decatur
Top eight tracts in North Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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