Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Stone Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13089021906 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 5,868 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Stone Mountain
13089021906 is a census tract in Stone Mountain, GA. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,988
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$46,238
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stone Mountain and the region
Centroid at 33.7980, -84.1769 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stone Mountain scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Stone Mountain
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,373 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stone Mountain
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stone Mountain
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stone Mountain
8.2
How Stone Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 2,914Total filings over 8 yrs
- 53.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 61.7%Peak (2016)
- 476Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 48% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,402Total filings 2020-21
- 18.5Avg 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
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.
- 29.6%Housing insecurity
- 22.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.7%Food insecurity
- 38.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 18.4%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stone Mountain
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Cost burden runs 67% here against 52.2% across DeKalb County.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10. Food insecurity runs 37.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $46,238, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.9/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 2,914 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,373, 11% below the Stone Mountain average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089021906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021906?
Census tract 13089021906 in Stone Mountain scores 5.8/10 (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 13089021906?
Median gross rent is $1,373/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021906?
22.4% of residents in tract 13089021906 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,868.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021906?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 80th, minority 91th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089021906?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,914 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089021906 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 53.38% of renter households, peaking at 61.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021906 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.6% 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. 22.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021906 compare to Stone Mountain overall?
Tract 13089021906 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Stone Mountain at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stone Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Stone Mountain
Top eight tracts in Stone Mountain ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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