Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Oakengate Eviction Risk: Lower , Clarkston
Tract 13089021817 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,643 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Oakengate area of Clarkston for landlords? Census tract 13089021817 scores 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,857 a month against an average household income of $95,508 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units783
Renter share26.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$95,508
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clarkston and the region
Centroid at 33.8283, -84.2163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakengate scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clarkston
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,857 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clarkston
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clarkston
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clarkston
7.3
How Oakengate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 281Total filings 2020-21
- 3.7Avg 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 Oakengate. 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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakengate
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Clarkston, 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 Black and White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 13089021817
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021817?
Census tract 13089021817 in the Oakengate neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 13089021817?
Median gross rent is $1,857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021817?
6.0% of residents in tract 13089021817 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,643.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021817?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 39th, minority 75th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021817 considered part of Oakengate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021817 fall within Oakengate (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021817 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021817 compare to Clarkston overall?
Tract 13089021817 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Clarkston at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clarkston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clarkston
Top eight tracts in Clarkston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Mountain Creek
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Embry Hills
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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13089021820
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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Hunters Glen
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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Montreal
3.3
/ 10 · Low
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Oakengate
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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