Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Ashford Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brookhaven
Tract 13089021420 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 1,370 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13089021420 (the Ashford Park area of Brookhaven, Georgia) comes in at 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 91st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,595 a month against an average household income of $54,402 a year, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 92% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units555
Renter share91.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$54,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region
Centroid at 33.8487, -84.3265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashford Park scores 4.1
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
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,595 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 221Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg 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.
- 33.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.3%Food insecurity
- 33.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.8%Transit barriers
- 41.5%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%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.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 33.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.5% 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 13089021420
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021420?
Census tract 13089021420 in the Ashford Park neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 13089021420?
Median gross rent is $1,595/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021420?
17.0% of residents in tract 13089021420 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,370.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021420?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 74th, minority 88th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021420 considered part of Ashford Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021420 fall within Ashford Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021420 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.0% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021420 compare to Brookhaven overall?
Tract 13089021420 scores 4.1/10, higher 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.
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
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
Tract · GA
The Park at East Paces
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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