Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Scottsboro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01071950700 · Jackson County, AL · pop 4,418 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Scottsboro
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01071950700 (Scottsboro, Alabama) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 13% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
29% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $795 a month against an average household income of $44,345 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
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
78
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scottsboro and the region
Centroid at 34.6055, -86.1377 · click any tract to drill in
Why Scottsboro scores 5.3
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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Scottsboro eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jackson County average of 4.1 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01071950700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01071950700?
Census tract 01071950700 in Scottsboro scores 5.3/10 (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 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Scottsboro at 2.1/10. 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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