Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
East Lake Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13089020802 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,253 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 13089020802 in the East Lake Highlands area of Atlanta, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,837
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$109,755
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7471, -84.3019 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Lake Highlands scores 3
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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 East Lake Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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
- 10%Grade B
- 41%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)
- 826Total filings over 8 yrs
- 17.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.2%Peak (2007)
- 75Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 400Total filings 2020-21
- 5.3Avg 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 East Lake Highlands. 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 21.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Lake Highlands
39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the DeKalb County average of 52.2%. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
At $1,308 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. The filing record is not thin: 826 evictions over 8 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 19.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 17.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089020802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089020802?
Census tract 13089020802 in the East Lake Highlands neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 13089020802?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089020802?
7.2% of residents in tract 13089020802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,253.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089020802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 46th, minority 69th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 13089020802 considered part of East Lake Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089020802 fall within East Lake Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089020802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 826 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089020802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.00% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089020802 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089020802 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13089020802 scores 3/10, 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 13089020802 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. 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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