Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
La Vista Eviction Risk: Elevated , North Druid Hills
Tract 13089021503 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,707 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
13089021503 is a census tract in the La Vista area of North Druid Hills, GA. It scores 6.4/10 for landlords. 38% 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
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,530
Renter share59.2%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$72,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Druid Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.8195, -84.3267 · click any tract to drill in
Why La Vista scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Druid Hills
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,445 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Druid Hills
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Druid Hills
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Druid Hills
7.0
How La Vista compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,428Total filings over 8 yrs
- 19.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.7%Peak (2012)
- 152Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 90% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 2,062Total filings 2020-21
- 27.1Avg 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 La Vista. 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in La Vista
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10.
66% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the DeKalb County average of 52.2%. Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
At $1,445 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of North Druid Hills commands. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 1,428 evictions over 8 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 29.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 19.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10.
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 13089021503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021503?
Census tract 13089021503 in the La Vista neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 13089021503?
Median gross rent is $1,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021503?
15.8% of residents in tract 13089021503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,707.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 38th, minority 57th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021503 considered part of La Vista?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021503 fall within La Vista (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089021503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,428 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089021503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.34% of renter households, peaking at 29.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089021503 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089021503 compare to North Druid Hills overall?
Tract 13089021503 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of North Druid Hills at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Druid Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in North Druid Hills
Top eight tracts in North Druid Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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