Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Lookout Mountain Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055010800 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,726 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Lookout Mountain
In Lookout Mountain, census tract 01055010800 scores 4.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 24% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 76% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $715 a month against an average household income of $46,627 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units995
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$46,627
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lookout Mountain and the region
Centroid at 34.1340, -85.9199 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lookout Mountain scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lookout Mountain
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$715 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lookout Mountain
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lookout Mountain
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lookout Mountain
1.4
How Lookout Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 42Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2005)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 43.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lookout Mountain
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lookout Mountain, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Etowah County average of 4.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.6% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055010800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055010800?
Census tract 01055010800 in Lookout Mountain scores 4.6/10 (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 01055010800?
Median gross rent is $715/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055010800?
20.7% of residents in tract 01055010800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,726.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055010800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 53th, minority 1th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055010800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01055010800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.78% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055010800 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055010800 compare to Lookout Mountain overall?
Tract 01055010800 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lookout Mountain at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lookout Mountain; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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