Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 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
How risky is Stone Mountain for landlords? Census tract 13089021906 scores 7.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,373 a month against an average household income of $46,238 a year, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.1
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 parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Stone Mountain
Very High
Within county
88th percentile
#25 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
High
Within state
80th percentile
#567 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
72th percentile
#23,554 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
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 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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 by year2004 to 2016
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
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Atlanta, GA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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 heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Stone Mountain, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089021906
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021906?
Census tract 13089021906 in Stone Mountain scores 5.1/10 (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 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Stone Mountain at 2.8/10. 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.