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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Valley View Eviction Risk: Lower , Dunwoody

Tract 13089021227 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 5,615 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 13089021227 covers part of the Valley View area of Dunwoody, GA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,615 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34% Stable renters 22% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,286
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate1.1%
Median income$125,291

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Valley View
Low
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 13 tracts In Dunwoody
Elevated
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#191 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Very Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,121 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dunwoody and the region

Centroid at 33.9301, -84.3259 · click any tract to drill in

Why Valley View scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
1.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,857 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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.
Valley View risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0212274.2Dunwoodyparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,553Total filings 2020-21
  • 20.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Valley View

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.

Cost burden runs 61% here against 52.2% across DeKalb County. It sits 1.5 points below the DeKalb County average of 4.5. SNAP participation runs 3.3% against 15.2% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.1/10. Against average income of $125,291, annual rent is just 18%.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent is $1,857, close to the Dunwoody average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089021227

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021227?

Census tract 13089021227 in the Valley View 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 13089021227?

Median gross rent is $1,857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021227?

1.1% of residents in tract 13089021227 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,615.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021227?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 40th, minority 61th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 13089021227 considered part of Valley View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021227 fall within Valley View (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089021227 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.6% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089021227 compare to Dunwoody overall?

Tract 13089021227 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dunwoody at 4.2/10. 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.

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