Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Smiths Station Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01081042009 · Lee County, AL · pop 2,401 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Smiths Station
Census tract 01081042009 sits in Smiths Station, Alabama eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.3/10. It lands near the 4th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 10% of renter households, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $818 monthly, set against $57,900 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units674
Renter share7.3%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$57,900
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smiths Station and the region
Centroid at 32.5047, -85.0728 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smiths Station scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smiths Station
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$818 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smiths Station
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smiths Station
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smiths Station
6.2
How Smiths Station compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 15.2%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smiths Station
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.2/10. 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 Smiths Station, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lee County average of 4.4 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 13.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 01081042009
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081042009?
Census tract 01081042009 in Smiths Station scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 01081042009?
Median gross rent is $818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01081042009?
3.6% of residents in tract 01081042009 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,401.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01081042009?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 23th, minority 52th, housing 12th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01081042009 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01081042009 compare to Smiths Station overall?
Tract 01081042009 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Smiths Station at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smiths Station; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smiths Station
Top eight tracts in Smiths Station ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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