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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Cambridge Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Doraville

Tract 13089021310 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 5,445 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 13089021310 in the Cambridge Square area of Doraville, GA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,445. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 22% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$38,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Cambridge Square
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Doraville
Very High
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#76 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Doraville and the region

Centroid at 33.9058, -84.2548 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cambridge Square scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Doraville
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,433 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Doraville
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Doraville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Doraville
8.9

How Cambridge Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cambridge Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0213104.6Doravilleparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 149Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.0Avg 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 Cambridge Square. 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 Cambridge Square

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Set annual rent against average income of $38,554 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 30.8% against 11.3% nationally.

Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10. Food insecurity runs 32.5% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.5 points above the DeKalb County average of 4.5.

At $1,433 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Doraville commands. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

54% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089021310

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021310?

Census tract 13089021310 in the Cambridge Square neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 13089021310?

Median gross rent is $1,433/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021310?

17.9% of residents in tract 13089021310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,445.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021310?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 73th, minority 87th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 13089021310 considered part of Cambridge Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021310 fall within Cambridge Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089021310 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.0% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089021310 compare to Doraville overall?

Tract 13089021310 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Doraville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Doraville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Doraville

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

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