Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Wishing Well Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 13089023424 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 5,436 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 13089023424 sits in the Wishing Well Hills area of DeKalb County, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 5,436. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,484
Renter share16.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$67,245
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across DeKalb County and the region
Centroid at 33.6707, -84.2876 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wishing Well Hills scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,655 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Wishing Well Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 732Total filings over 8 yrs
- 32.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 44.5%Peak (2015)
- 82Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 86% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 760Total filings 2020-21
- 10.0Avg 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.
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.
- 22.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.1%Food insecurity
- 22.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wishing Well Hills
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the DeKalb County average of 52.2%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 2/10.
It sits 1.3 points above the DeKalb County average of 4.5. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 732 evictions over 8 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 22.4% against 15.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 44.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 32.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089023424
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023424?
Census tract 13089023424 in the Wishing Well Hills neighborhood 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 13089023424?
Median gross rent is $1,655/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023424?
22.0% of residents in tract 13089023424 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,436.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023424?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 86th, minority 95th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 13089023424 considered part of Wishing Well Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089023424 fall within Wishing Well Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089023424?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 732 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089023424 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.83% of renter households, peaking at 44.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089023424 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.3% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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