Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Ashford Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookhaven
Tract 13089021103 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,981 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
The Ashford Park area of Brookhaven anchors census tract 13089021103, which lands at 6.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,954 monthly, set against $120,792 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,033
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$120,792
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region
Centroid at 33.8746, -84.3393 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashford Park scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,954 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.6
How Ashford Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 2%Grade B
- 0%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,028Total filings 2020-21
- 13.5Avg 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 Ashford Park. 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 16.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ashford Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Brookhaven eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 13089021103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021103?
Census tract 13089021103 in the Ashford Park neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 13089021103?
Median gross rent is $1,954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021103?
5.4% of residents in tract 13089021103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,981.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 3th, minority 52th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021103 considered part of Ashford Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021103 fall within Ashford Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021103 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021103 compare to Brookhaven overall?
Tract 13089021103 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Brookhaven at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookhaven eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089021103 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brookhaven
Top eight tracts in Brookhaven ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · GA
Ashford Park
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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The Park at East Paces
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
Ashford Park
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · GA
13089021419
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
Ashford Park
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
The Park at East Paces
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
La Vista
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
The Park at East Paces
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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