Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Opelika Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01081041400 · Lee County, AL · pop 3,230

01081041400 is a census tract in Opelika, AL. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 25% Owners 53%

Tract context

Occupied units1,310

Renter share47.0%

SVI overall0.90

Poverty rate35.6%

Median income$32,962

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Opelika and the region

Centroid at 32.6327, -85.3867 · click any tract to drill in

Why Opelika scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Opelika

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

35.6% poverty · this tract

8.9

Supply constraint

$821 rent vs county FMR

2.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Opelika

6.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Opelika

6.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Opelika

6.6

How Opelika compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

95%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
83%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.

31.3%Housing insecurity
24.2%Utility-shutoff threat
44.6%Food insecurity
41.8%SNAP enrollment
21.5%Transit barriers
16.7%No health insurance
20.3%Frequent mental distress
47.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Opelika

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Housing insecurity runs 31.3% against 14.2% nationally. Disability prevalence runs 47.9% against 31.5% nationally.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against the Lee County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. At $821 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Opelika commands. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01081041400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081041400?

Census tract 01081041400 in Opelika scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01081041400?

Median gross rent is $821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081041400?

35.6% of residents in tract 01081041400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,230.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081041400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 52th, minority 89th, housing 83th.

What share of households in tract 01081041400 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.3% 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. 24.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081041400 compare to Opelika overall?

Tract 01081041400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Opelika at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Opelika eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Opelika

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