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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Oakengate Eviction Risk: Elevated , Clarkston

Tract 13089022013 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,209 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 13089022013 covers part of the Oakengate area of Clarkston, GA, and scores 7.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,209 residents. It sits 3.2 points above the DeKalb County average of 4.5.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 51% Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units972
Renter share90.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate36.7%
Median income$50,727

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 7 tracts In Oakengate
High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Clarkston
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Clarkston and the region

Centroid at 33.8209, -84.2350 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oakengate scores 7.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
36.7% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,385 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clarkston
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clarkston
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clarkston
8.5

How Oakengate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oakengate risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.7This tracttract 0220136.3Clarkstonparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 2,969Total filings 2020-21
  • 39.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oakengate

The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.9/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.7/10. This is renter territory: 91% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

SNAP participation runs 34.7% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, economic stress reads 9.2/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $50,727, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Housing insecurity runs 29.8% against 14.2% nationally.

Against DeKalb County at 52.2%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the GA average is 4.2, so this tract runs 3.5 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,385, close to the Clarkston average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089022013

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022013?

Census tract 13089022013 in the Oakengate neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 13089022013?

Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022013?

36.7% of residents in tract 13089022013 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,209.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022013?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 84th, minority 97th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 13089022013 considered part of Oakengate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022013 fall within Oakengate (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 13089022013 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.8% 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. 21.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 13089022013 compare to Clarkston overall?

Tract 13089022013 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Clarkston at 6.3/10. 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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