1 census tracts · pop 3,475 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Parish is a one-tract neighborhood of Dothan, AL and houses 3,475 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 43% against 28.7% citywide, putting Parish 13.9% over its own city.
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 21% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 26%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2/10. Court records for this tract carry 223 eviction filings.
Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.5/10. Food insecurity affects 27.6% of adults, 9.8 points above the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2010 at 6.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.9% in 2014, is well off that peak. That places it #1 of 11 neighborhoods in Dothan.
For a like-for-like read, Bell-Merrill and Fairlane score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $964, close to the Dothan average.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $45,254. 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 4.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Parish vs DothanHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Parish
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
223Total filings (sum)
3.38%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak year (2010)
2.94%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Parish
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.7%Housing insecurity
14.0%Utility shutoff threat
27.6%Food insecurity
22.9%SNAP enrollment
13.3%No health insurance
43.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Parish
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Parish?
Parish 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 Parish compare to Dothan overall?
Parish scores 1.4 points higher than Dothan overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $964 vs $960.
Q3
What is the average rent in Parish?
Average gross rent in Parish is $964/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Parish residents are renters?
63% of Parish households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Dothan). The neighborhood has 3,475 residents.
Q5
Is Parish a high social-vulnerability area?
Parish sits in the 85th 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 Parish for landlords?
Parish 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 Parish?
Parish has 3,909 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (45.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (40.1%), Hispanic / Latino (8.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
