Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , North Decatur
Tract 13089021602 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,803 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
13089021602 is a census tract in the Oak Grove area of North Decatur, GA. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,803 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across North Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.8163, -84.2961 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Grove scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Oak Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
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)
- 490Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2004)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 102Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg 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.
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oak Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.3%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.0%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Oak Grove
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.4 points below the DeKalb County average of 4.5.
Food insecurity runs 5.3% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 490 filings here across 8 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,649, 14% below the North Decatur average.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2004 at 11.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.2/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $135,489, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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Highest-risk tracts in North Decatur
Top eight tracts in North Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.