Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Center Point Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073011207 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,980 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Center Point
01073011207 is a census tract in Center Point, AL. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,815
Renter share29.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$54,120
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Center Point and the region
Centroid at 33.6638, -86.6742 · click any tract to drill in
Why Center Point scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Center Point
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Center Point
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Center Point
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Center Point
7.9
How Center Point compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 310Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2014)
- 41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 116% over the past 11 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.
- 24.9%Housing insecurity
- 19.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.2%Food insecurity
- 28.4%SNAP enrollment
- 16.4%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Center Point
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Food insecurity runs 33.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 310 filings here across 11 tracked years.
At $1,092 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Center Point commands. The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.2% 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 01073011207
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073011207?
Census tract 01073011207 in Center Point scores 5.8/10 (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 01073011207?
Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073011207?
24.8% of residents in tract 01073011207 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,980.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073011207?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 73th, minority 82th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073011207?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 310 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073011207 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.20% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073011207 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.9% 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. 19.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073011207 compare to Center Point overall?
Tract 01073011207 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Center Point at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Center Point eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Center Point
Top eight tracts in Center Point ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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