Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Dothan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01069041400 · Houston County, AL · pop 3,277
Tract 01069041400 covers Dothan in Alabama. Home to 3,277 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #50,282 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $709 a month against an average household income of $31,287 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,267
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate36.6%
Median income$31,287
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dothan and the region
Centroid at 31.2389, -85.3512 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dothan scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
36.6% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$709 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Dothan compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
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)
- 143Total filings over 9 yrs
- 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2014)
- 27Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 23.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.9%Food insecurity
- 40.8%SNAP enrollment
- 21.4%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 21.6%Frequent mental distress
- 50.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dothan
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dothan eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Houston County average of 4.5 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 143 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 3.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.5% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01069041400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069041400?
Census tract 01069041400 in Dothan scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 01069041400?
Median gross rent is $709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01069041400?
36.6% of residents in tract 01069041400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,277.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01069041400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 90th, minority 83th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069041400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 143 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069041400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01069041400 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01069041400 compare to Dothan overall?
Tract 01069041400 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Dothan at 2.5/10. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Dothan
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