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Eviction Risk in Fairlane , Dothan

1 census tracts · pop 5,362 · pop-weighted composite 5.0/10 · range 5.0–5.0

Fairlane is a black (non-hispanic) neighborhood in Dothan with 1 census tract and a population of 5,362 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 5.0/10 (Moderate tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 48% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 28% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $844/month sits 12% lower than the Dothan citywide median ($960).

Eviction Risk
5.0
Moderate tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
48%
28% severely burdened
Median rent
$844
Median household income
$34,324
32.5% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Fairlane vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Fairlane score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Fairlane: 5.05.0FairlaneNeighborhoodParent city: 2.82.8Parent cityhost cityState: 3.93.9Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · AL
Tidwell
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 1.8K
Peer · AL
Vann
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 2.3K
Peer · AL
Griffin Heights
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 4.0K
Peer · AL
Parish
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
1 tracts · pop. 3.5K
Comparison

Fairlane vs Dothan

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
5.0 +79%
Dothan: 2.8
Rent burden
48.0% +67%
Dothan: 28.7%
Median gross rent
$844 -12%
Dothan: $960
Median HH income
$34,324 -38%
Dothan: $55,052
Poverty rate
32.5% +69%
Dothan: 19.2%
Renter share
63.9% +49%
Dothan: 42.9%
Where

Tract centroids in Fairlane

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

Black (non-Hispanic) Neighborhood — 5,077 residents across all tracts in Fairlane. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 1.2% White (non-Hispanic): 28.5% Black (non-Hispanic): 67.7% Asian (non-Hispanic): 0.5% Other / Multiracial: 2.2%
  • Hispanic / Latino 1.2%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 28.5%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 67.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0.5%
  • Other / Multiracial 2.2%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Fairlane

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
01069041000 5.0 5,362 48% $844
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 95

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 96%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 91%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 79%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.

Frequently asked

About Fairlane

What is the eviction-risk score for Fairlane?

Fairlane scores 5.0/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Fairlane compare to Dothan overall?

Fairlane scores 2.2 points higher than Dothan overall (2.8/10). Rent burden: 48% vs 29% citywide. Median rent: $844 vs $960.

What is the median rent in Fairlane?

Median gross rent in Fairlane is $844/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Fairlane residents are renters?

64% of Fairlane households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Dothan). The neighborhood has 5,362 residents.

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.

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