2 census tracts · pop 8,801 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Whispering Pines takes in 2 census tracts of Dothan, AL and houses 8,801 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. Average gross rent is $1,628, 70% above the Dothan average of $960.
The voucher gap is 81.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. What pushes the score up most is supply constraint at 9.7/10. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 1/10. Against a Dothan baseline of 28.7%, 24% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
SNAP participation is 4.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.4% of adults, 9.4 points below the national rate.
That places it #8 of 11 neighborhoods in Dothan. Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Against average income of $99,402, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Whispering Pines vs DothanHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority35%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Whispering Pines
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.4%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
8.7%Food insecurity
5.1%SNAP enrollment
6.1%No health insurance
28.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Whispering Pines
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Whispering Pines?
Whispering Pines scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Whispering Pines compare to Dothan overall?
Whispering Pines scores 0.4 points lower than Dothan overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 24% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,628 vs $960.
Q3
What is the average rent in Whispering Pines?
Average gross rent in Whispering Pines is $1,628/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Whispering Pines residents are renters?
25% of Whispering Pines households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Dothan). The neighborhood has 8,801 residents.
Q5
Is Whispering Pines a high social-vulnerability area?
Whispering Pines sits in the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Whispering Pines have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Whispering Pines is census tract 01069040205 (score 3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Whispering Pines for landlords?
Whispering Pines carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Whispering Pines?
Whispering Pines has 8,753 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.4%), Other / Multiracial (5.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
Sibling neighborhoods
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Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Whispering Pines.
