Bell-Merrill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dothan

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 34.8% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 30.7% against 15.2% nationally.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Against the Houston County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 146 evictions over 9 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 4.3% of renter households. At $876 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Dothan commands. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.