Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Mountain Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tucker
Tract 13089021824 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,868 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
13089021824 is a census tract in the Mountain Creek area of Tucker, GA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10.
Risk score
5.7
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
83
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very 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 5.7
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 severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $45,524, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 27.0% against 11.3% nationally. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10.
The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against DeKalb County at 52.2%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. Housing insecurity runs 27.3% against 14.2% nationally.
Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 9.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 5.7/10 (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 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Tucker at 4.3/10. 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
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