Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Dothan Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01069041500 · Houston County, AL · pop 3,856 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Dothan
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 01069041500 in Dothan, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,856. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Houston County average of 38.9%.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,453
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate44.9%
Median income$33,272
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dothan and the region
Centroid at 31.2771, -85.3841 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dothan scores 4.8
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
44.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$769 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 193Total filings over 9 yrs
- 3.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2009)
- 20Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 122% 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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 23.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.1%Food insecurity
- 42.5%SNAP enrollment
- 21.0%Transit barriers
- 15.4%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 51.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dothan
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 43.1% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 45%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Disability prevalence runs 51.7% against 31.5% nationally.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
At $769 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Dothan commands. It sits 0.9 points above the Houston County average of 3.9. Court records carry 193 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 5.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01069041500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069041500?
Census tract 01069041500 in Dothan scores 4.8/10 (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 01069041500?
Median gross rent is $769/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01069041500?
44.9% of residents in tract 01069041500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,856.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01069041500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 85th, minority 85th, housing 64th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069041500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 193 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069041500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01069041500 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 23.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01069041500 compare to Dothan overall?
Tract 01069041500 scores 4.8/10, higher 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Dothan
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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