Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Valley View Eviction Risk: Lower , Dunwoody
Tract 13089021226 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,148 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 13089021226, home to 3,148 residents in the Valley View area of Dunwoody, scores 6.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,945 monthly, set against $78,136 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 88% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units2,060
Renter share88.1%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$78,136
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dunwoody and the region
Centroid at 33.9214, -84.3328 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley View scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dunwoody
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,945 rent vs county FMR
5.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dunwoody
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dunwoody
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dunwoody
5.9
How Valley View compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,188Total filings 2020-21
- 15.6Avg 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 Valley View. 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 16.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley View
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Dunwoody 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 16th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 13089021226
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021226?
Census tract 13089021226 in the Valley View neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 13089021226?
Median gross rent is $1,945/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021226?
6.9% of residents in tract 13089021226 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,148.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021226?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 3th, minority 76th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021226 considered part of Valley View?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021226 fall within Valley View (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021226 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021226 compare to Dunwoody overall?
Tract 13089021226 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Dunwoody at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dunwoody eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dunwoody
Top eight tracts in Dunwoody ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · GA
Four Oaks
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Shenandoah
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
Huntley Hills
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · GA
Valley View
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · GA
Valley View
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · GA
DeKalb Highlands
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · GA
Valley View
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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Fox Hollow
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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