Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
North DeKalb Eviction Risk: Lower , Scottdale
Tract 13089022206 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,945 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
In the North DeKalb area of Scottdale, census tract 13089022206 scores 6.4/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,866 a month while the average household earns $82,543 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share72.2%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$82,543
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scottdale and the region
Centroid at 33.7995, -84.2732 · click any tract to drill in
Why North DeKalb scores 3
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
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,866 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 0%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)
- 1,195Total filings 2020-21
- 15.7Avg 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 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 20.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North DeKalb
What moves this score most 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 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 White and Black and ranks around the 64th 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 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% 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 13089022206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022206?
Census tract 13089022206 in the North DeKalb neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 13089022206?
Median gross rent is $1,866/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022206?
10.2% of residents in tract 13089022206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,945.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 8th, minority 79th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022206 considered part of North DeKalb?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022206 fall within North DeKalb (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022206 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022206 compare to Scottdale overall?
Tract 13089022206 scores 3/10, higher than 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 13089022206 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. 0% 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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