Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Gadsden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055000900 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,451 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Gadsden
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 01055000900 in Gadsden ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,451 residents. On the national scale it ranks #37,862 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $695 a month while the average household earns $33,973 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,005
Renter share44.6%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$33,973
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gadsden and the region
Centroid at 34.0003, -86.0428 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gadsden scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gadsden
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$695 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gadsden
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gadsden
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gadsden
7.9
How Gadsden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 234Total filings over 16 yrs
- 4.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2003)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 16 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.
- 25.5%Housing insecurity
- 20.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.2%Food insecurity
- 38.9%SNAP enrollment
- 19.6%Transit barriers
- 18.3%No health insurance
- 22.7%Frequent mental distress
- 54.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gadsden
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Gadsden eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 234 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2003.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055000900?
Census tract 01055000900 in Gadsden scores 5.6/10 (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 01055000900?
Median gross rent is $695/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055000900?
29.6% of residents in tract 01055000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,451.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 66th, minority 56th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 234 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.68% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.5% 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. 20.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055000900 compare to Gadsden overall?
Tract 01055000900 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Gadsden at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gadsden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gadsden
Top eight tracts in Gadsden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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