Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Lithonia Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13089023317 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 3,410 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Lithonia
Census tract 13089023317 sits in Lithonia, Georgia eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,321 a month while the average household earns $31,824 a year, roughly 50% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,670
Renter share38.7%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate31.1%
Median income$31,824
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lithonia and the region
Centroid at 33.7166, -84.0805 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lithonia scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lithonia
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
31.1% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,321 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lithonia
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lithonia
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lithonia
7.5
How Lithonia compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1,545Total filings 2020-21
- 20.3Avg 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
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.
- 29.3%Housing insecurity
- 21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.8%Food insecurity
- 36.1%SNAP enrollment
- 19.0%Transit barriers
- 19.8%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lithonia
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. 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 Lithonia, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 13089023317
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023317?
Census tract 13089023317 in Lithonia scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 13089023317?
Median gross rent is $1,321/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023317?
31.1% of residents in tract 13089023317 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,410.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023317?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 97th, minority 93th, housing 95th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 13089023317 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.3% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 13089023317 compare to Lithonia overall?
Tract 13089023317 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Lithonia at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lithonia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lithonia
Top eight tracts in Lithonia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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