Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Ashford Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookhaven
Tract 13089021405 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,992 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 13089021405 covers the Ashford Park neighborhood of Brookhaven in Georgia. Home to 4,992 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 58% of US census tracts.
About 19% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,782 a month against an average household income of $158,393 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,398
Renter share28.4%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$158,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region
Centroid at 33.8572, -84.3293 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashford Park scores 1.8
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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,782 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
- 0%Grade B
- 26%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)
- 255Total filings over 8 yrs
- 5.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.2%Peak (2004)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 76% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 195Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg 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 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 14.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ashford Park
The heaviest input here 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 below the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 255 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 5.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.2% of renter households in 2004.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089021405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021405?
Census tract 13089021405 in the Ashford Park neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 13089021405?
Median gross rent is $1,782/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021405?
4.7% of residents in tract 13089021405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,992.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 5th, minority 39th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021405 considered part of Ashford Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021405 fall within Ashford Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089021405?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 255 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089021405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.89% of renter households, peaking at 11.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089021405 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089021405 compare to Brookhaven overall?
Tract 13089021405 scores 1.8/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 13089021405 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.
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
Tract · GA
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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