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Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Athens Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01083020201 · Limestone County, AL · pop 4,784 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Athens

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01083020201 (Athens, Alabama) comes in at 4.2/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #70,103 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,143 monthly, set against $62,066 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 17% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,729
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$62,066

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 12 tracts In Athens
Moderate
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 23 tracts In Limestone County
Moderate
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#987 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
National
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#51,553 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 34.8537, -86.9901 · click any tract to drill in

Why Athens scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Athens
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Athens
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Athens
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Athens
5.3

How Athens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Athens risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 020201Athens: 2.02.0Athensparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

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)

  • 122Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 6.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 20.6%Peak (2007)
  • 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010830202012001: 13 filings (10.06/100 renter HHs)2002: 8 filings (6.19/100 renter HHs)2003: 9 filings (6.96/100 renter HHs)2007: 24 filings (20.63/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (6.02/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (13.76/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (2.47/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (1.23/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (1.06/100 renter HHs)2015: 11 filings (1.94/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 15% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Athens

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Athens eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Limestone County average of 3.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 48th 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 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% 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 01083020201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020201?

Census tract 01083020201 in Athens scores 3.4/10 (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 01083020201?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01083020201?

7.9% of residents in tract 01083020201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,784.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 62th, minority 43th, housing 40th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01083020201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01083020201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.51% of renter households, peaking at 20.6% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01083020201 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.4% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01083020201 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 01083020201 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Athens at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Athens

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

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