Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Briar Glen Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13089023439 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,812 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
13089023439 is a census tract in the Briar Glen area of DeKalb County, GA. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,812. Severe burden reaches 49%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units864
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$54,239
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 DeKalb County and the region
Centroid at 33.6887, -84.2597 · click any tract to drill in
Why Briar Glen scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,509 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Briar Glen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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)
- 2,926Total filings 2020-21
- 38.5Avg 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.
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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 21.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.6%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Briar Glen
89% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the DeKalb County average of 52.2%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $54,239, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the DeKalb County average of 4.5. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089023439
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023439?
Census tract 13089023439 in the Briar Glen neighborhood 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 13089023439?
Median gross rent is $1,509/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 89% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023439?
19.1% of residents in tract 13089023439 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,812.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023439?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 57th, minority 97th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 13089023439 considered part of Briar Glen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089023439 fall within Briar Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089023439 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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