Athens Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 23% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Limestone County average of 30.1%. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10.

Court records carry 85 eviction filings across 11 observed years. At $982 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Athens commands.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 4.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $73,327, annual rent is just 16%.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.