Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Avondale Estates
Tract 13089022602 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,513 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 13089022602 sits in the Decatur Terrace area of Avondale Estates, Georgia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 75% of renter households, a severe level, and 70% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,444 a month against an average household income of $151,797 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units952
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$151,797
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Avondale Estates and the region
Centroid at 33.7816, -84.2847 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur Terrace scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Avondale Estates
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,444 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Avondale Estates
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Avondale Estates
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Avondale Estates
4.2
How Decatur Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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.
- 14%Grade A
- 8%Grade B
- 16%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)
- 26Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg 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 Decatur Terrace. 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 16.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur Terrace
The score leans hardest on 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 Avondale Estates, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% 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 13089022602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089022602?
Census tract 13089022602 in the Decatur Terrace neighborhood scores 1.3/10 (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 13089022602?
Median gross rent is $1,444/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089022602?
2.5% of residents in tract 13089022602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,513.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089022602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 18th, minority 46th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 13089022602 considered part of Decatur Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089022602 fall within Decatur Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089022602 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089022602 compare to Avondale Estates overall?
Tract 13089022602 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Avondale Estates at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Avondale Estates; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089022602 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. 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 Avondale Estates
Top eight tracts in Avondale Estates ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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