Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Eastland Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Atlanta
Tract 13089023801 · DeKalb County, GA · pop 4,965 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
In Eastland Heights in Atlanta, census tract 13089023801 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 58th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,493 a month against an average household income of $90,822 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
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
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
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 3.5
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 heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.5/10. 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 Atlanta eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the DeKalb County average of 6.4 and in line with the Georgia statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,551 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 40.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 57.2% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 3.5/10 (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 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Atlanta at 3.4/10. 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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