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Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Woodsvale Eviction Risk: Lower , Dothan

Tract 01069040301 · Houston County, AL · pop 3,723 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 3.6/10, tract 01069040301 in the Woodsvale area of Dothan, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 33% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,603
Renter share52.7%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$50,840

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Woodsvale
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 19 tracts In Dothan
Moderate
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#13 of 26 tracts In Houston County
Moderate
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#741 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dothan and the region

Centroid at 31.2532, -85.4134 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodsvale scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$782 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Woodsvale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodsvale risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.6This tracttract 0403013.4Dothanparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 751Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 11.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.4%Peak (2007)
  • 81Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01069040301
Filings climbed 376% over the past 9 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodsvale

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

At $782 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Dothan commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 751 filings here across 9 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2007, when 21.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 11.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 38% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Houston County average of 3.9 closely.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01069040301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069040301?

Census tract 01069040301 in the Woodsvale neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 01069040301?

Median gross rent is $782/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01069040301?

15.9% of residents in tract 01069040301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,723.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01069040301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 79th, minority 64th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 01069040301 considered part of Woodsvale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01069040301 fall within Woodsvale (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069040301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 751 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069040301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.71% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01069040301 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.5% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01069040301 compare to Dothan overall?

Tract 01069040301 scores 3.6/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dothan

Top eight tracts in Dothan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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