Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Eastland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13089023801 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,965 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 13089023801 sits in the Eastland Heights area of Atlanta eviction risk, GA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 4,965 residents. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the DeKalb County average of 52.2%.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,091
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$90,822
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlanta and the region
Centroid at 33.7174, -84.3384 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastland Heights scores 3.8
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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,493 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 Eastland Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,551Total filings over 8 yrs
- 40.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 57.2%Peak (2004)
- 212Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 8 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 830Total filings 2020-21
- 10.9Avg 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 Eastland Heights. 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.
- 15.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastland Heights
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.7/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,551 filings here across 8 tracked years.
At $1,493 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Atlanta commands. It sits 0.7 points below the DeKalb County average of 4.5. The worst year on record was 2004, when 57.2% of renter households were served.
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 40.9% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 13089023801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 13089023801?
Census tract 13089023801 in the Eastland Heights neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 13089023801?
Median gross rent is $1,493/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 13089023801?
10.5% of residents in tract 13089023801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,965.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 13089023801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 13th, minority 83th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 13089023801 considered part of Eastland Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 13089023801 fall within Eastland Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 13089023801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,551 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 13089023801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.91% of renter households, peaking at 57.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 13089023801 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.7% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 13089023801 compare to Atlanta overall?
Tract 13089023801 scores 3.8/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 13089023801 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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