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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Decatur Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Avondale Estates

Tract 13089023000 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,403 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 13089023000 in the Decatur Terrace area of Avondale Estates, GA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,403. Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 52.2% across DeKalb County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 8% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,087
Renter share25.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$125,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Decatur Terrace
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Avondale Estates
Very Low
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#196 of 203 tracts In DeKalb County
Very Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,121 of 2,791 tracts In Georgia
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Avondale Estates and the region

Centroid at 33.7709, -84.2685 · click any tract to drill in

Why Decatur Terrace scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,629 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Avondale Estates
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Avondale Estates
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Avondale Estates
5.9

How Decatur Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Decatur Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0230003.6Avondale Estatesparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 299Total filings over 8 yrs
  • 12.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.0%Peak (2007)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 13089023000
Filings dropped 56% over the past 8 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 80Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Decatur Terrace

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. It sits 1.5 points below the DeKalb County average of 4.5. Disability prevalence runs 19.2% against 31.5% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 6.3% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 299 evictions over 8 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2007 at 34.0% of renter households.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 12.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 13089023000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023000?

Census tract 13089023000 in the Decatur Terrace 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 13089023000?

Median gross rent is $1,629/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023000?

5.2% of residents in tract 13089023000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,403.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 14th, minority 39th, housing 14th.
Q5

Is tract 13089023000 considered part of Decatur Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089023000 fall within Decatur Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089023000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 299 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089023000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.71% of renter households, peaking at 34.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 13089023000 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 13089023000 compare to Avondale Estates overall?

Tract 13089023000 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Avondale Estates at 3.6/10. 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.
Q9

Was tract 13089023000 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. 12% 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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