Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Lower , North Decatur
Tract 13089021602 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,803 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 13089021602 (Oak Grove in North Decatur, Georgia) comes in at 6.4/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,649 a month against an average household income of $135,489 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,801
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$135,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.8163, -84.2961 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Grove scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Decatur
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,649 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Decatur
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Decatur
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Decatur
6.2
How Oak Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
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
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)
- 490Total filings over 8 yrs
- 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2004)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 84% over the past 8 months.
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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oak Grove. 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.
- 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
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Grove
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 North Decatur 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 13089021602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021602?
Census tract 13089021602 in the Oak Grove neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 13089021602?
Median gross rent is $1,649/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021602?
3.3% of residents in tract 13089021602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,803.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 33th, minority 40th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021602 considered part of Oak Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021602 fall within Oak Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089021602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 490 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089021602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.06% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089021602 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089021602 compare to North Decatur overall?
Tract 13089021602 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of North Decatur at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in North Decatur
Top eight tracts in North Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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