Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Kirkwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13089023701 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 2,590 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 13089023701 sits in the Kirkwood area of Atlanta eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 2,590. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,282
Renter share31.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$76,078
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7390, -84.3213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kirkwood scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atlanta
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.4
State political climate
Georgia legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,507 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlanta
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlanta
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlanta
4.0
How Kirkwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 1,175Total filings 2020-21
- 15.5Avg 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 Kirkwood. 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kirkwood
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
Cost burden runs 60% here against 52.2% across DeKalb County. Against the DeKalb County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally.
At $1,507 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Atlanta. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089023701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023701?
Census tract 13089023701 in the Kirkwood neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 13089023701?
Median gross rent is $1,507/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023701?
6.0% of residents in tract 13089023701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,590.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 35th, minority 81th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 13089023701 considered part of Kirkwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089023701 fall within Kirkwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 13089023701 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 13089023701 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13089023701 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Atlanta at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlanta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 13089023701 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.
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