Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
West End-Cobb Town Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01015001300 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 1,981 · 98% of tract blocks fall in West End-Cobb Town
With a score of 3.3/10, tract 01015001300 in West End-Cobb Town, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Against Calhoun County at 38.6%, 19% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units699
Renter share34.0%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$61,098
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West End-Cobb Town and the region
Centroid at 33.6446, -85.8732 · click any tract to drill in
Why West End-Cobb Town scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West End-Cobb Town
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$709 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from West End-Cobb Town
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West End-Cobb Town
1.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from West End-Cobb Town
1.6
How West End-Cobb Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 104Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2008)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 267% over the past 14 months.
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.
- 16.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.0%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 21.4%Frequent mental distress
- 45.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End-Cobb Town
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.2/10.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.1% against 31.5% nationally. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 104 filings here across 14 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 26.0% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 0.7 points below the Calhoun County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2008, when 6.9% of renter households were served.
At $709 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of West End-Cobb Town commands. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01015001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015001300?
Census tract 01015001300 in West End-Cobb Town scores 3.3/10 (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 01015001300?
Median gross rent is $709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01015001300?
19.5% of residents in tract 01015001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,981.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01015001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 54th, minority 37th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01015001300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01015001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.30% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01015001300 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.2% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01015001300 compare to West End-Cobb Town overall?
Tract 01015001300 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of West End-Cobb Town at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West End-Cobb Town; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West End-Cobb Town
Top eight tracts in West End-Cobb Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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