Coffee County, Alabama Eviction Risk: Very Low

Coffee County carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.3/10 (Very Low) across its 4 cities, signaling that, on the whole, landlords here operate in a relatively stable environment by Alabama standards. That broad average, however, masks meaningful variation: individual city scores span 1.9 to 2.5, so the conditions you encounter depend heavily on which corner of the county your property sits in. With an average rent of $1,027 and a rent-burden rate of 25.7%, most tenants are not financially stretched to the breaking point, which tempers default risk across the board.

Within the state, Coffee County ranks 18th of 67 counties on eviction risk, meaning 17 Alabama eviction laws counties carry higher risk and 49 are less risky. That positioning puts Coffee County squarely in the higher-risk third of the state, even though its Low label suggests otherwise in absolute terms. Investors comparing Alabama markets should factor in that context before treating this county as uniformly low-risk territory.

The cities inside Coffee County

Enterprise anchors the county as both its largest and highest-risk city. With a population of 29,505 and a score of 3.1/10, Enterprise eviction risk accounts for the bulk of rental activity in the county and carries the greatest exposure to eviction-related complications. Its score sits at the top of the county range, and landlords who concentrate holdings there should budget accordingly for the slower tenant turnover and higher administrative friction that a denser rental market can produce.

The county's smaller cities tell a calmer story. New Brockton (population 1,430) and Kinston (population 704) both score 2.5/10, while New Brockton (population 3,468) comes in at the county floor of 1.9/10. The seven-tenths spread between Enterprise and Elba is a reminder that risk is genuinely hyper-local: two properties fewer than twenty miles apart can land in meaningfully different risk tiers.

State-level laws that apply here

All landlords in Coffee County operate under the Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Ala. Code § 35-9A. For non-payment of rent, the required notice period is 7 days. A lease-violation cure notice requires 14 days, and an end-of-term or no-cause notice requires 30 days. Alabama does not require just cause for termination, and state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so Coffee County landlords face no local rent caps. Entry-notice requirements stand at 48 hours. Understanding the Alabama eviction process in detail matters here because an uncontested case still takes 30 to 45 days from filing to resolution, and a contested matter can run 60 to 120 days.

On the cost side, court filing fees run $200 to $300, sheriff lockout fees range from $30 to $150, and attorney fees typically fall between $500 and $2,500 depending on case complexity. Landlords evaluating Alabama eviction costs should treat the upper end of that attorney range as the realistic planning figure for any disputed case. Security deposits are governed separately; see the Alabama security deposit limits guide for the applicable caps and return-deadline rules.

With a poverty rate of 18.4% and 35% of residents renting, Coffee County carries enough financial fragility that no individual city should be evaluated solely on the county average -- check the city-level scores in the grid above before committing to a specific submarket.