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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

La Vista Eviction Risk: Elevated , North Druid Hills

Tract 13089021505 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,944 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 13089021505 sits in the La Vista area of North Druid Hills, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 46% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,367
Renter share73.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate24.2%
Median income$114,716

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In La Vista
Elevated
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In North Druid Hills
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Very High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across North Druid Hills and the region

Centroid at 33.8093, -84.3269 · click any tract to drill in

Why La Vista scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
24.2% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,799 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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.
La Vista risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.2This tracttract 0215055.9North Druid Hillsparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 371Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.9Avg 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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in La Vista

37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the DeKalb County average of 52.2%. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. It sits 1.7 points above the DeKalb County average of 4.5.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.9% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089021505

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021505?

Census tract 13089021505 in the La Vista neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 13089021505?

Median gross rent is $1,799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021505?

24.2% of residents in tract 13089021505 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,944.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021505?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 1th, minority 64th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 13089021505 considered part of La Vista?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021505 fall within La Vista (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089021505 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089021505 compare to North Druid Hills overall?

Tract 13089021505 scores 6.2/10, 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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