Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Newbern Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01065040500 · Hale County, AL · pop 1,466 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Newbern
In Newbern, census tract 01065040500 scores 2.5/10 for eviction risk. That ranks it among the lowest-risk tracts in the country for landlords, near the bottom 1% nationally.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $45,450 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units593
Renter share5.9%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$45,450
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newbern and the region
Centroid at 32.5435, -87.6370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newbern scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newbern
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newbern
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newbern
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newbern
1.6
How Newbern compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 12Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2011)
- 2Filings in 2017 (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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.8%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newbern
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Newbern, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Hale County average of 3.9 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 64th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 1.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.0% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 01065040500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01065040500?
Census tract 01065040500 in Newbern scores 4.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01065040500?
13.6% of residents in tract 01065040500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,466.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01065040500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 43th, minority 81th, housing 40th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01065040500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 01065040500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.67% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01065040500 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01065040500 compare to Newbern overall?
Tract 01065040500 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Newbern at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newbern; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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