Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Selma Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01047956201 · Dallas County, AL · pop 2,053 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Selma
01047956201 is a census tract in Selma, AL. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,053. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units817
Renter share24.8%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate26.6%
Median income$39,969
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Selma and the region
Centroid at 32.4054, -87.1179 · click any tract to drill in
Why Selma scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Selma
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
26.6% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$795 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Selma
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Selma
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Selma
8.8
How Selma compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 70Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2008)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 18.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.9%Food insecurity
- 23.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 42.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Selma
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.8/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Dallas County average of 46.7%. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Food insecurity runs 26.9% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.9 points above the Dallas County average of 5.0. The filing record is not thin: 70 evictions over 10 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 23.5% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $795, 12% above the Selma average.
The worst year on record was 2008, when 5.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01047956201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01047956201?
Census tract 01047956201 in Selma scores 5.9/10 (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 01047956201?
Median gross rent is $795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01047956201?
26.6% of residents in tract 01047956201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,053.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01047956201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 17th, minority 56th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01047956201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 70 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01047956201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.14% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01047956201 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.1% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01047956201 compare to Selma overall?
Tract 01047956201 scores 5.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Selma at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Selma eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Selma
Top eight tracts in Selma ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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