Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Gadsden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055011200 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,580 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Gadsden
Census tract 01055011200 belongs to Gadsden in Etowah County, Alabama. It is home to 2,580 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 70th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $698 monthly, set against $30,694 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 67% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,036
Renter share67.1%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$30,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gadsden and the region
Centroid at 34.0014, -85.9675 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gadsden scores 5.3
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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$698 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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 724Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2016)
- 42Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 29.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.5%Food insecurity
- 34.8%SNAP enrollment
- 19.6%Transit barriers
- 18.0%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 48.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gadsden
What moves this score most is 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 724 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 6.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.7% of renter households in 2016.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 93rd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055011200?
Census tract 01055011200 in Gadsden scores 5.3/10 (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 01055011200?
Median gross rent is $698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055011200?
24.6% of residents in tract 01055011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,580.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 58th, minority 81th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055011200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 724 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.72% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055011200 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.1% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055011200 compare to Gadsden overall?
Tract 01055011200 scores 5.3/10, 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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01055000300
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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01055000200
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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01055000900
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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01055001300
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · AL
01055000700
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · AL
01055000600
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01055001000
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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01055001700
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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