Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Atlanta
Tract 13089020700 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,909 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
13089020700 is a census tract in the Kirkwood area of Atlanta, GA. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,909 residents. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,390
Renter share57.8%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$85,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7538, -84.3249 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 4.2
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
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,834 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Kirkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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
- 83%Grade C
- 4%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)
- 800Total filings over 8 yrs
- 23.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 44.1%Peak (2011)
- 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 930Total filings 2020-21
- 12.2Avg 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 Kirkwood. 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 18.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. Cost burden runs 44% here against 52.2% across DeKalb County. Disability prevalence runs 18.6% against 31.5% nationally.
Court records carry 800 eviction filings across 8 observed years. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 44.1% 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 23.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089020700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089020700?
Census tract 13089020700 in the Kirkwood neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 13089020700?
Median gross rent is $1,834/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089020700?
13.4% of residents in tract 13089020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,909.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089020700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 3th, minority 65th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 13089020700 considered part of Kirkwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089020700 fall within Kirkwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089020700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 800 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089020700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.16% of renter households, peaking at 44.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089020700 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089020700 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13089020700 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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 13089020700 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. 4% 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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