Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
West End-Cobb Town Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01015001400 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 3,220 · 30% of tract blocks fall in West End-Cobb Town
01015001400 is a census tract in West End-Cobb Town, AL. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,220 residents. Cost burden runs 10% here against 38.6% across Calhoun County.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,229
Renter share25.5%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$44,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West End-Cobb Town and the region
Centroid at 33.6599, -85.8895 · click any tract to drill in
Why West End-Cobb Town scores 4.4
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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$741 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 133Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2014)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 120% 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.
- 15.7%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.9%Food insecurity
- 18.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 43.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End-Cobb Town
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.2/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 133 filings here across 14 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 5.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Calhoun County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $741, close to the West End-Cobb Town average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $44,063.
26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01015001400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015001400?
Census tract 01015001400 in West End-Cobb Town 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01015001400?
Median gross rent is $741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01015001400?
26.0% of residents in tract 01015001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,220.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01015001400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 63th, minority 44th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01015001400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01015001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.50% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01015001400 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01015001400 compare to West End-Cobb Town overall?
Tract 01015001400 scores 4.4/10, higher than 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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