Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta

Tract 13089020700 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,909 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 13089020700 sits in the Kirkwood area of Atlanta eviction risk, Georgia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,834 monthly, set against $85,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlanta and the region

Centroid at 33.7538, -84.3249 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kirkwood scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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 by year 2004 to 2016

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

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01

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

The score leans hardest on 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.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Part of this tract, about 4% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089020700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089020700?

Census tract 13089020700 in the Kirkwood neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

How does tract 13089020700 compare to Atlanta overall?

Tract 13089020700 scores 3.8/10, higher than 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.

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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlanta

Top eight tracts in Atlanta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org