Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Oakhurst Eviction Risk: Lower , Decatur
Tract 13089022501 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,451 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
13089022501 is a census tract in the Oakhurst area of Decatur, GA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,451. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the DeKalb County average of 52.2%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,805
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$125,923
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.7714, -84.3040 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakhurst scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Decatur
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,817 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
4.2
How Oakhurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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
- 31%Grade C
- 42%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)
- 268Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg 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 Oakhurst. 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakhurst
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.4/10.
Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.0% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,817, 10% above the Decatur average.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089022501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022501?
Census tract 13089022501 in the Oakhurst 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 13089022501?
Median gross rent is $1,817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022501?
9.0% of residents in tract 13089022501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,451.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 82th, minority 69th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022501 considered part of Oakhurst?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022501 fall within Oakhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022501 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022501 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 13089022501 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Decatur at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089022501 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. 42% 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 Decatur
Top eight tracts in Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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