1 census tracts · pop 5,362 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Fairlane is a one-tract neighborhood of Dothan, AL and houses 5,362 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Dothan rate of 28.7%.
The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 35.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 20.7% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Running hot is economic stress at 8.1/10. Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 542 evictions logged in this tract.
Average gross rent is $844, 12% below the Dothan average of $960. The worst year on record was 2008, when filings touched 11.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.8% in 2014, is well off that peak.
Among the 11 mapped neighborhoods of Dothan, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Bell-Merrill and Parish score within a fraction of it.
One tract means one number: 4.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fairlane vs DothanHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fairlane
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
542Total filings (sum)
7.30%Avg annual filing rate
11.1%Peak year (2008)
5.75%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fairlane
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
27.4%Housing insecurity
20.7%Utility shutoff threat
38.4%Food insecurity
35.3%SNAP enrollment
14.5%No health insurance
48.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fairlane
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fairlane?
Fairlane scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fairlane compare to Dothan overall?
Fairlane scores 1.4 points higher than Dothan overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $844 vs $960.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fairlane?
Average gross rent in Fairlane is $844/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fairlane residents are renters?
64% of Fairlane households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Dothan). The neighborhood has 5,362 residents.
Q5
Is Fairlane a high social-vulnerability area?
Fairlane sits in the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Fairlane for landlords?
Fairlane carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Dothan as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Fairlane?
Fairlane has 5,077 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (67.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.5%), Other / Multiracial (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
