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Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Embry Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tucker

Tract 13089021812 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,973 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 13089021812 sits in the Embry Hills area of Tucker eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. It is home to 2,973 residents. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 8% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,049
Renter share31.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$78,153

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Embry Hills
High
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 18 tracts In Tucker
High
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#90 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#956 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tucker and the region

Centroid at 33.8879, -84.2376 · click any tract to drill in

Why Embry Hills scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Tucker
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,489 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tucker
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tucker
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tucker
7.3

How Embry Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Embry Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.6This tracttract 0218124.3Tuckerparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 141Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 6.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2012)
  • 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13089021812
Filings dropped 45% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 278Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.7Avg 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 Embry Hills. 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 Embry Hills

roughly three in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the DeKalb County average of 52.2%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10.

Court records carry 141 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.3% against 11.3% nationally.

At $1,489 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Tucker commands. The worst year on record was 2012, when 8.3% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089021812

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021812?

Census tract 13089021812 in the Embry Hills neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 13089021812?

Median gross rent is $1,489/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021812?

15.1% of residents in tract 13089021812 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,973.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021812?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 63th, minority 79th, housing 57th.
Q5

Is tract 13089021812 considered part of Embry Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021812 fall within Embry Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089021812?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089021812 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.18% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13089021812 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.9% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13089021812 compare to Tucker overall?

Tract 13089021812 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Tucker at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tucker eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Tucker

Top eight tracts in Tucker ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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