Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Brownstones at Decatur Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 13089022601 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,284 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
How risky is the Brownstones at Decatur neighborhood of Decatur for landlords? Census tract 13089022601 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,397 a month while the average household earns $80,000 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,116
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$80,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 33.7816, -84.2943 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brownstones at Decatur scores 2.6
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,397 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Brownstones at Decatur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 14%Grade B
- 30%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 200Total filings 2020-21
- 2.6Avg 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 Brownstones at Decatur. 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 19.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brownstones at Decatur
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Decatur eviction risk, 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Part of this tract, about 8% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
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 13089022601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022601?
Census tract 13089022601 in the Brownstones at Decatur neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 13089022601?
Median gross rent is $1,397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022601?
7.9% of residents in tract 13089022601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,284.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 69th, minority 45th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022601 considered part of Brownstones at Decatur?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022601 fall within Brownstones at Decatur (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022601 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022601 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 13089022601 scores 2.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Decatur at 2.6/10. 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 13089022601 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 8% 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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