Within neighborhood
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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewood Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13089020500 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,688 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 13089020500 in the Edgewood area of Atlanta, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,688 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,691
Renter share37.8%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$99,961
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7527, -84.3416 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewood scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlanta
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,347 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlanta
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlanta
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlanta
4.0
How Edgewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 59%Grade C
- 18%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 862Total filings over 8 yrs
- 16.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.3%Peak (2004)
- 77Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 252Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg 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 Edgewood. 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.5%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgewood
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Disability prevalence runs 18.7% against 31.5% nationally. Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.
Average gross rent is $1,347, 21% below the Atlanta average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 862 filings here across 8 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2004 at 27.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 16.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089020500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089020500?
Census tract 13089020500 in the Edgewood neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 13089020500?
Median gross rent is $1,347/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089020500?
6.7% of residents in tract 13089020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,688.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089020500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 7th, minority 67th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 13089020500 considered part of Edgewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089020500 fall within Edgewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089020500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 862 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089020500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.03% of renter households, peaking at 27.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089020500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089020500 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13089020500 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Atlanta at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlanta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 13089020500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 18% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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