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Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Attalla Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01055010201 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,246 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Attalla

In Attalla, census tract 01055010201 scores 5.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $613 a month against an average household income of $50,982 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 9% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$50,982

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Attalla
Very High
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 33 tracts In Etowah County
Moderate
Within state
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#598 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,735 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Attalla and the region

Centroid at 34.0072, -86.0924 · click any tract to drill in

Why Attalla scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Attalla
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$613 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Attalla
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Attalla
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Attalla
5.7

How Attalla compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Attalla risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 010201Attalla: 2.32.3Attallaparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Attalla

The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 5.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Attalla, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Etowah County average of 4.9 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01055010201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055010201?

Census tract 01055010201 in Attalla scores 4.5/10 (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 01055010201?

Median gross rent is $613/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01055010201?

20.3% of residents in tract 01055010201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,246.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01055010201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 56th, minority 35th, housing 81th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 01055010201 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.6% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 01055010201 compare to Attalla overall?

Tract 01055010201 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Attalla at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Attalla; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Attalla

Top eight tracts in Attalla ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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