Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
North DeKalb Eviction Risk: Lower , Scottdale
Tract 13089022205 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,908 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 13089022205 runs through North DeKalb in Scottdale. With 4,908 residents, it scores 5.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,508 a month while the average household earns $75,625 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,535
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$75,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scottdale and the region
Centroid at 33.8091, -84.2642 · click any tract to drill in
Why North DeKalb scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scottdale
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,508 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scottdale
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scottdale
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scottdale
4.8
How North DeKalb compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 1%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 1,179Total filings 2020-21
- 15.5Avg 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 North DeKalb. 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North DeKalb
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength 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 Scottdale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and above the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 62nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089022205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022205?
Census tract 13089022205 in the North DeKalb 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 13089022205?
Median gross rent is $1,508/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022205?
5.0% of residents in tract 13089022205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,908.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 67th, minority 80th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022205 considered part of North DeKalb?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022205 fall within North DeKalb (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022205 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022205 compare to Scottdale overall?
Tract 13089022205 scores 2.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Scottdale at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scottdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089022205 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Scottdale
Top eight tracts in Scottdale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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