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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Gatewood Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 13063040518 · Clayton County, GA · pop 5,496 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 13063040518 covers part of the Gatewood area of Clayton County, GA, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,496 residents. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 19% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,610
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate30.4%
Median income$47,826

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Gatewood
Very High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 70 tracts In Clayton County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#319 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
High
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clayton County and the region

Centroid at 33.5104, -84.3913 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gatewood scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.5
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
30.4% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,159 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Gatewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gatewood risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0405184.4Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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)

  • 3,666Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 50.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 52.1%Peak (2015)
  • 383Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2002 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13063040518
Filings climbed 87% over the past 11 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,576Total filings 2020-21
  • 20.7Avg 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 Gatewood. 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 Gatewood

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.9/10. SNAP participation runs 38.3% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 39.9% against 17.8% nationally. around two-thirds of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Clayton County average of 53.3%. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.5/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Clayton County average of 4.4.

The filing record is not thin: 3,666 evictions over 11 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 52.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 50.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13063040518

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13063040518?

Census tract 13063040518 in the Gatewood neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 13063040518?

Median gross rent is $1,159/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13063040518?

30.4% of residents in tract 13063040518 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,496.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13063040518?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 81th, minority 90th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 13063040518 considered part of Gatewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13063040518 fall within Gatewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13063040518?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,666 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 13063040518 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 50.08% of renter households, peaking at 52.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13063040518 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.4% 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. 24.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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