Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Oxford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01015001501 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 3,451 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Oxford

Census tract 01015001501 runs through Oxford. With 3,451 residents, it scores 4.6/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 27% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $884 a month while the average household earns $58,056 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 17% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,154

Renter share25.6%

SVI overall0.82

Poverty rate19.0%

Median income$58,056

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Oxford and the region

Centroid at 33.6130, -85.9294 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oxford scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Oxford

3.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.1

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

19.0% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$884 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Oxford

3.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Oxford

5.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Oxford

5.3

How Oxford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

84%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
46%Housing & transportation

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.

14.8%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility-shutoff threat
22.3%Food insecurity
17.0%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
12.4%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
41.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oxford

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.8/10. 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 Oxford eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Calhoun County average of 4.7 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01015001501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015001501?

Census tract 01015001501 in Oxford scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01015001501?

Median gross rent is $884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01015001501?

19.0% of residents in tract 01015001501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,451.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01015001501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 93th, minority 62th, housing 46th.

What share of households in tract 01015001501 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.8% 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. 10.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01015001501 compare to Oxford overall?

Tract 01015001501 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Oxford at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oxford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oxford

Top eight tracts in Oxford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.