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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Hartford Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Dothan

Tract 01069040500 · Houston County, AL · pop 3,586 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

01069040500 is a census tract in the Hartford Heights area of Dothan, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,586 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 24% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$57,692

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hartford Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 19 tracts In Dothan
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 26 tracts In Houston County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#968 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dothan and the region

Centroid at 31.2201, -85.4193 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hartford Heights scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dothan
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$912 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dothan
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dothan
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dothan
2.5

How Hartford Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hartford Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0405003.4Dothanparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 185Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 3.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.4%Peak (2006)
  • 19Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01069040500
Filings climbed 46% over the past 9 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hartford Heights

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 38.9% across Houston County. Against the Houston County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 185 evictions over 9 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 7.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $912, close to the Dothan average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01069040500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069040500?

Census tract 01069040500 in the Hartford Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 01069040500?

Median gross rent is $912/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01069040500?

9.4% of residents in tract 01069040500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,586.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01069040500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 51th, minority 52th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 01069040500 considered part of Hartford Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01069040500 fall within Hartford Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069040500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 185 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069040500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.72% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01069040500 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01069040500 compare to Dothan overall?

Tract 01069040500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dothan at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dothan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dothan

Top eight tracts in Dothan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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