Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Scottsboro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01071950700 · Jackson County, AL · pop 4,418 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Scottsboro
01071950700 is a census tract in Scottsboro, AL. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is regional political climate at 1.6/10.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,959
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$44,345
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scottsboro and the region
Centroid at 34.6055, -86.1377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Scottsboro scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scottsboro
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$795 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scottsboro
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scottsboro
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scottsboro
6.5
How Scottsboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 141Total filings over 16 yrs
- 1.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2003)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% over the past 16 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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Scottsboro
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Against Jackson County at 35.8%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 141 evictions over 16 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Jackson County average of 3.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $795, close to the Scottsboro average.
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 01071950700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01071950700?
Census tract 01071950700 in Scottsboro scores 4.4/10 (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 01071950700?
Median gross rent is $795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01071950700?
22.2% of residents in tract 01071950700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,418.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01071950700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 97th, minority 25th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01071950700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01071950700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.31% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01071950700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01071950700 compare to Scottsboro overall?
Tract 01071950700 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Scottsboro at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scottsboro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Scottsboro
Top eight tracts in Scottsboro ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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