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All counties in Alabama eviction risk overview
County index·67 counties tracked

All Counties in Alabama, Eviction Risk 2026

67 counties covering 593 incorporated cities and 3,417,966 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 2.2/10 (Very Low), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.

Counties tracked67administrative regions
State avg risk2.2/ 10 · Very Low
Cities in dataset593incorporated places
Total residents3.4Macross all counties
All 67 counties in Alabama
Ranked by eviction risk · click any column to re-sort, or search to filter
County↕ Population↕ Risk↕ Lean↕ Renters↕ % income on rent↕ Avg rent↕ Poverty↕ Cities↕
01 Perry County Pop 4,684 · 38% renters · 30% on rent · $531 · 2 cities 4,684 2.9 Dem 37.6% 30.4% $531 33.5% 2
02 Dallas County Pop 23,412 · 28% renters · 34% on rent · $672 · 4 cities 23,412 2.8 Dem 28.3% 33.8% $672 25.1% 4
03 Bullock County Pop 3,830 · 45% renters · 25% on rent · $529 · 3 cities 3,830 2.6 Dem 44.6% 25.1% $529 25.3% 3
04 Lowndes County Pop 4,329 · 36% renters · 35% on rent · $656 · 7 cities 4,329 2.6 Dem 35.7% 35.0% $656 35.8% 7
05 Macon County Pop 11,596 · 35% renters · 29% on rent · $807 · 5 cities 11,596 2.6 Dem 34.9% 29.1% $807 23.9% 5
06 Conecuh County Pop 3,853 · 34% renters · 41% on rent · $824 · 3 cities 3,853 2.6 Rep 33.9% 40.9% $824 28.4% 3
07 Hale County Pop 2,703 · 22% renters · 34% on rent · $723 · 3 cities 2,703 2.6 Dem 21.6% 34.0% $723 20.6% 3
08 Montgomery County Pop 208,068 · 30% renters · 33% on rent · $1,371 · 2 cities 208,068 2.5 Dem 30.1% 32.8% $1,371 12.8% 2
09 Sumter County Pop 8,066 · 31% renters · 35% on rent · $694 · 8 cities 8,066 2.5 Dem 30.7% 35.3% $694 30.8% 8
10 Pike County Pop 20,783 · 41% renters · 32% on rent · $859 · 4 cities 20,783 2.5 Rep 41.2% 31.8% $859 19.0% 4
11 Talladega County Pop 43,792 · 27% renters · 32% on rent · $825 · 10 cities 43,792 2.4 Rep 27.1% 31.7% $825 20.6% 10
12 Clarke County Pop 11,637 · 32% renters · 28% on rent · $797 · 8 cities 11,637 2.4 Rep 32.4% 27.7% $797 20.2% 8
13 Escambia County Pop 18,630 · 41% renters · 24% on rent · $738 · 6 cities 18,630 2.4 Rep 40.6% 24.0% $738 28.5% 6
14 Lee County Pop 118,910 · 31% renters · 33% on rent · $1,020 · 3 cities 118,910 2.4 Rep 31.0% 33.5% $1,020 18.6% 3
15 Pickens County Pop 7,677 · 40% renters · 31% on rent · $576 · 9 cities 7,677 2.4 Rep 40.4% 30.6% $576 30.5% 9
16 Mobile County Pop 296,265 · 31% renters · 30% on rent · $1,073 · 19 cities 296,265 2.4 Rep 30.9% 30.2% $1,073 19.8% 19
17 Jefferson County Pop 628,196 · 29% renters · 32% on rent · $1,190 · 42 cities 628,196 2.4 Dem 28.6% 31.7% $1,190 15.5% 42
18 Barbour County Pop 17,163 · 34% renters · 26% on rent · $631 · 6 cities 17,163 2.4 Rep 33.8% 25.9% $631 21.6% 6
19 Tallapoosa County Pop 21,918 · 18% renters · 23% on rent · $795 · 8 cities 21,918 2.3 Rep 18.5% 23.1% $795 19.2% 8
20 Wilcox County Pop 2,974 · 33% renters · 39% on rent · $635 · 7 cities 2,974 2.3 Dem 33.3% 38.7% $635 35.0% 7
21 Choctaw County Pop 4,908 · 16% renters · 24% on rent · $765 · 8 cities 4,908 2.3 Rep 16.0% 23.9% $765 23.3% 8
22 Greene County Pop 3,912 · 46% renters · 22% on rent · $458 · 5 cities 3,912 2.3 Dem 45.6% 22.0% $458 41.9% 5
23 Tuscaloosa County Pop 165,994 · 23% renters · 31% on rent · $1,158 · 11 cities 165,994 2.3 Rep 23.2% 31.0% $1,158 13.9% 11
24 Dale County Pop 30,840 · 43% renters · 30% on rent · $862 · 10 cities 30,840 2.3 Rep 43.1% 29.6% $862 20.1% 10
25 Henry County Pop 8,691 · 22% renters · 32% on rent · $719 · 4 cities 8,691 2.3 Rep 22.2% 31.7% $719 18.3% 4
26 Marion County Pop 19,235 · 23% renters · 28% on rent · $648 · 8 cities 19,235 2.3 Rep 22.5% 28.3% $648 18.2% 8
27 Madison County Pop 318,977 · 27% renters · 30% on rent · $1,207 · 12 cities 318,977 2.3 Rep 27.1% 29.7% $1,207 8.7% 12
28 Bibb County Pop 9,350 · 29% renters · 29% on rent · $717 · 5 cities 9,350 2.3 Rep 29.3% 28.8% $717 21.8% 5
29 Fayette County Pop 6,002 · 28% renters · 21% on rent · $641 · 5 cities 6,002 2.3 Rep 27.9% 20.6% $641 15.2% 5
30 Houston County Pop 87,462 · 27% renters · 32% on rent · $866 · 12 cities 87,462 2.3 Rep 26.7% 32.2% $866 17.2% 12
31 Butler County Pop 9,298 · 51% renters · 27% on rent · $615 · 3 cities 9,298 2.3 Rep 50.8% 27.3% $615 24.7% 3
32 Lamar County Pop 5,586 · 37% renters · 32% on rent · $530 · 6 cities 5,586 2.3 Rep 37.0% 31.5% $530 24.7% 6
33 Coffee County Pop 35,107 · 29% renters · 24% on rent · $771 · 4 cities 35,107 2.3 Rep 29.3% 24.0% $771 21.7% 4
34 Limestone County Pop 30,831 · 30% renters · 30% on rent · $684 · 4 cities 30,831 2.2 Rep 30.4% 30.3% $684 15.3% 4
35 Monroe County Pop 8,253 · 35% renters · 32% on rent · $676 · 8 cities 8,253 2.2 Rep 35.5% 31.8% $676 34.9% 8
36 Marengo County Pop 10,376 · 29% renters · 28% on rent · $723 · 10 cities 10,376 2.2 IND 29.2% 28.2% $723 21.9% 10
37 Autauga County Pop 46,146 · 17% renters · 29% on rent · $858 · 5 cities 46,146 2.2 Rep 16.6% 28.6% $858 13.1% 5
38 Calhoun County Pop 89,603 · 26% renters · 25% on rent · $824 · 13 cities 89,603 2.2 Rep 25.7% 24.7% $824 15.0% 13
39 Colbert County Pop 38,351 · 35% renters · 31% on rent · $785 · 6 cities 38,351 2.2 Rep 34.8% 31.4% $785 18.8% 6
40 Russell County Pop 42,266 · 41% renters · 32% on rent · $807 · 3 cities 42,266 2.2 Dem 40.9% 31.8% $807 17.4% 3
41 Jackson County Pop 26,890 · 25% renters · 29% on rent · $732 · 12 cities 26,890 2.2 Rep 25.0% 28.8% $732 18.0% 12
42 Chambers County Pop 23,638 · 27% renters · 32% on rent · $877 · 11 cities 23,638 2.2 Rep 26.9% 31.7% $877 23.0% 11
43 Etowah County Pop 83,531 · 20% renters · 32% on rent · $853 · 19 cities 83,531 2.2 Rep 20.2% 31.6% $853 16.7% 19
44 Covington County Pop 21,101 · 28% renters · 32% on rent · $706 · 14 cities 21,101 2.1 Rep 27.6% 31.6% $706 21.7% 14
45 Cullman County Pop 33,061 · 25% renters · 27% on rent · $855 · 14 cities 33,061 2.1 Rep 24.6% 27.2% $855 16.9% 14
46 DeKalb County Pop 35,426 · 27% renters · 29% on rent · $702 · 17 cities 35,426 2.1 Rep 26.6% 29.1% $702 19.9% 17
47 St. Clair County Pop 55,101 · 18% renters · 30% on rent · $1,079 · 10 cities 55,101 2.1 Rep 18.1% 30.3% $1,079 12.1% 10
48 Lawrence County Pop 9,023 · 30% renters · 23% on rent · $653 · 7 cities 9,023 2.1 Rep 29.8% 23.4% $653 16.7% 7
49 Elmore County Pop 50,578 · 21% renters · 30% on rent · $1,023 · 12 cities 50,578 2.1 Rep 21.3% 30.5% $1,023 12.0% 12
50 Shelby County Pop 169,468 · 19% renters · 28% on rent · $1,328 · 23 cities 169,468 2.1 Rep 18.8% 28.2% $1,328 9.6% 23
51 Blount County Pop 21,286 · 21% renters · 28% on rent · $827 · 14 cities 21,286 2.1 Rep 21.2% 27.7% $827 16.0% 14
52 Cherokee County Pop 8,389 · 21% renters · 28% on rent · $710 · 7 cities 8,389 2.1 Rep 21.3% 28.3% $710 15.2% 7
53 Walker County Pop 25,435 · 33% renters · 29% on rent · $717 · 10 cities 25,435 2.1 Rep 32.8% 28.9% $717 20.3% 10
54 Geneva County Pop 13,779 · 26% renters · 27% on rent · $781 · 9 cities 13,779 2.1 Rep 26.0% 26.5% $781 21.5% 9
55 Coosa County Pop 5,709 · 22% renters · 33% on rent · $753 · 10 cities 5,709 2.1 Rep 21.7% 32.9% $753 17.5% 10
56 Clay County Pop 5,541 · 30% renters · 36% on rent · $574 · 6 cities 5,541 2.1 Rep 30.3% 35.9% $574 25.3% 6
57 Lauderdale County Pop 49,069 · 27% renters · 24% on rent · $797 · 8 cities 49,069 2.1 Rep 26.6% 23.5% $797 13.6% 8
58 Washington County Pop 4,265 · 31% renters · 19% on rent · $688 · 15 cities 4,265 2.0 Rep 30.8% 19.5% $688 29.9% 15
59 Winston County Pop 7,340 · 30% renters · 28% on rent · $715 · 6 cities 7,340 2.0 Rep 30.3% 27.5% $715 24.4% 6
60 Randolph County Pop 8,249 · 34% renters · 26% on rent · $654 · 7 cities 8,249 2.0 Rep 34.4% 25.6% $654 17.5% 7
61 Chilton County Pop 15,319 · 31% renters · 21% on rent · $993 · 4 cities 15,319 2.0 Rep 31.4% 20.7% $993 13.3% 4
62 Morgan County Pop 84,351 · 24% renters · 25% on rent · $892 · 8 cities 84,351 2.0 Rep 24.1% 24.8% $892 11.1% 8
63 Marshall County Pop 56,681 · 25% renters · 29% on rent · $764 · 11 cities 56,681 2.0 Rep 24.8% 29.2% $764 15.5% 11
64 Franklin County Pop 15,805 · 30% renters · 28% on rent · $642 · 7 cities 15,805 2.0 Rep 29.6% 27.7% $642 19.3% 7
65 Baldwin County Pop 149,307 · 23% renters · 30% on rent · $1,100 · 20 cities 149,307 2.0 Rep 23.4% 29.9% $1,100 10.6% 20
66 Crenshaw County Pop 4,350 · 48% renters · 22% on rent · $637 · 6 cities 4,350 1.9 Rep 48.0% 22.1% $637 16.6% 6
67 Cleburne County Pop 5,600 · 23% renters · 23% on rent · $872 · 5 cities 5,600 1.8 Rep 23.5% 23.4% $872 11.0% 5

Understanding county eviction risk in Alabama

Alabama's 67 counties span eviction-risk scores from 1.8 in Cleburne County to 2.9 in Perry County , a 1.1-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 2.2/10 (Very Low), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.

The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Perry County, Dallas County, Bullock County, are Alabama's denser, higher-cost markets. In Conecuh County, renters spend an average of 41% of household income on rent, and 34% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.

At the other end of the table, Cleburne County, Crenshaw County, Baldwin County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.

Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Alabama state overview.

Landlord guides for Alabama

State-specific playbooks
Alabama Eviction Costs →
Filing fees, attorney fees, lost rent, sheriff lockout
Alabama Eviction Process →
Step-by-step timeline, notices, statute cites
Alabama Rent Control →
Statewide caps, local ordinances, just-cause
Alabama Tenant Screening →
Five-point protocol, legal rules, protected classes
Alabama Tenant Protections →
Just cause, retaliation, habitability, entry

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