Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Mountain Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tucker
Tract 13089021824 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,868 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 13089021824 covers the Mountain Creek area of Tucker in Georgia. Home to 2,868 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #4,470 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,611 monthly, set against $45,524 in average yearly household income, roughly 42% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units847
Renter share47.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate27.5%
Median income$45,524
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tucker and the region
Centroid at 33.8443, -84.2068 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mountain Creek scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tucker
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
27.5% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,611 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tucker
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tucker
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tucker
7.3
How Mountain Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 612Total filings 2020-21
- 8.1Avg 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 Mountain Creek. 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.
- 27.3%Housing insecurity
- 17.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.4%Food insecurity
- 30.2%SNAP enrollment
- 17.0%Transit barriers
- 27.0%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mountain Creek
The score leans hardest on 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 Tucker eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 27.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 13089021824
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089021824?
Census tract 13089021824 in the Mountain Creek neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 13089021824?
Median gross rent is $1,611/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089021824?
27.5% of residents in tract 13089021824 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,868.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089021824?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 76th, minority 91th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 13089021824 considered part of Mountain Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089021824 fall within Mountain Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089021824 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.3% 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. 17.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089021824 compare to Tucker overall?
Tract 13089021824 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Tucker at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tucker eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Tucker
Top eight tracts in Tucker ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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