1 census tracts · pop 1,774 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.8/10
· range 4.8–4.8
Tidwell maps to a single census tract in Dothan, AL, population 1,774. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Dothan baseline of 28.7%, 55% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
32.8% 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. 38% 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 dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 43%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
This is a renter market: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Disability prevalence reaches 55.8% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Average gross rent is $679, 29% below the Dothan average of $960. On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 2/10. The filing record is not thin: 303 evictions logged in this tract.
Filing activity peaked in 2008 at 7.6% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 5.4% in 2014 against a 7.6% peak.
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
Tidwell vs DothanHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority90%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport91%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Tidwell
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
303Total filings (sum)
5.10%Avg annual filing rate
7.6%Peak year (2008)
5.36%Latest filed (2014)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Tidwell
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
39.2%Housing insecurity
32.8%Utility shutoff threat
56.5%Food insecurity
57.6%SNAP enrollment
19.6%No health insurance
55.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Tidwell
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Tidwell?
Tidwell 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 Tidwell compare to Dothan overall?
Tidwell scores 1.4 points higher than Dothan overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $679 vs $960.
Q3
What is the average rent in Tidwell?
Average gross rent in Tidwell is $679/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Tidwell residents are renters?
81% of Tidwell households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Dothan). The neighborhood has 1,774 residents.
Q5
Is Tidwell a high social-vulnerability area?
Tidwell sits in the 99th 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 Tidwell for landlords?
Tidwell 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 Tidwell?
Tidwell has 1,815 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (81.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.6%), Hispanic / Latino (4.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
