Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Candler Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13089020200 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 1,960 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.9/10 for census tract 13089020200 reflects conditions in the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,679 a month against an average household income of $93,068 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,095
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$93,068
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7756, -84.3403 · click any tract to drill in
Why Candler Park scores 3.4
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,679 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Candler Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 70%Grade B
- 22%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 190Total filings over 8 yrs
- 4.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2004)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 91% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg 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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.3%Food insecurity
- 3.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 15.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Candler Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Atlanta eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089020200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089020200?
Census tract 13089020200 in the Candler Park neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 13089020200?
Median gross rent is $1,679/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089020200?
9.7% of residents in tract 13089020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,960.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089020200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 2th, minority 39th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 13089020200 considered part of Candler Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089020200 fall within Candler Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089020200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 190 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089020200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.39% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089020200 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089020200 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13089020200 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Atlanta at 3.4/10. 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 13089020200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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