Census Tract · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Auburn Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 01081040700 · Lee County, AL · pop 6,522

How risky is Auburn for landlords? Census tract 01081040700 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 40% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 78% of renter households, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $907 monthly, set against $14,844 in average yearly household income, roughly 73% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 63% Stable renters 17% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units190

Renter share80.5%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate82.1%

Median income$14,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn and the region

Centroid at 32.5955, -85.4933 · click any tract to drill in

Why Auburn scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Auburn

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

82.1% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$907 rent vs county FMR

2.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Auburn

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Auburn

3.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Auburn

2.5

How Auburn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

88%Socioeconomic
1%Household composition
65%Racial/ethnic minority
64%Housing & transportation

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.

32.0%Housing insecurity
26.5%Utility-shutoff threat
52.7%Food insecurity
48.5%SNAP enrollment
34.8%Transit barriers
14.0%No health insurance
33.2%Frequent mental distress
50.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Auburn

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Auburn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lee County average of 4.4 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 26.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01081040700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081040700?

Census tract 01081040700 in Auburn scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01081040700?

Median gross rent is $907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081040700?

82.1% of residents in tract 01081040700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,522.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081040700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 1th, minority 65th, housing 64th.

What share of households in tract 01081040700 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.0% 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. 26.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081040700 compare to Auburn overall?

Tract 01081040700 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Auburn at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Auburn

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