Macon County, Alabama Eviction Risk: Low

Macon County, Alabama eviction laws carries an average eviction-risk score of 3.3/10 (Low), placing it 9th out of 67 Alabama counties, where rank 1 is the highest-risk. That means only 8 counties in the state score worse for landlords, and 58 are less risky or more landlord-friendly. Put plainly: this is a higher-risk corner of an otherwise landlord-accommodating state, and operators here should underwrite accordingly.

Across the county's 5 incorporated places, scores run from 2.5 to 3.4 out of 10. The spread is narrow in absolute terms, but on a county with a total population of only 11,596, even modest score differences translate into meaningfully different tenant-pool dynamics. Average rent sits at $760 per month, and average rent burden reaches 29.7% of income, both figures that bear on collection risk in a thin-margin rental market.

The cities inside Macon County

Tuskegee is the county's largest city by a wide margin, with a population of 8,938 and the highest risk score in the county at 3.4/10. Because it accounts for the vast majority of the county's population, Tuskegee's profile effectively sets the county average. Landlords evaluating Macon County are, in most practical terms, evaluating Tuskegee first.

Loachapoka comes in second on risk at 3.2/10, followed by Franklin at 3/10. At the other end of the range, Notasulga scores 2.7/10 and Shorter registers the county's lowest reading at 2.5/10, a materially different operating environment from the county seat despite sitting within the same jurisdiction. Risk is genuinely hyper-local here: a landlord with units in Shorter faces a noticeably different profile than one concentrated in Tuskegee.

State-level laws that apply here

Alabama eviction laws governs residential tenancies through the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, codified at Ala. Code § 35-9A. Notice requirements are straightforward: non-payment of rent triggers a 7-day notice to pay or quit; a lease violation gives the tenant 14 days to cure; and an end-of-term or no-cause termination requires 30 days notice. Alabama eviction laws imposes no just-cause requirement for evictions and has no rent-control statute, and state law preempts any local attempt to impose rent caps. The Alabama eviction laws eviction process from notice to writ runs 30 to 45 days on an uncontested case and 60 to 120 days if the tenant contests. Understanding the Alabama eviction costs in full is equally important: court filing fees run $200 to $300, sheriff lockout fees add $30 to $150, and attorney fees typically range from $500 to $2,500, meaning a contested removal can approach the top of that combined range before the unit turns over.

Landlords should also note that Alabama requires 48 hours notice before entering a unit under Ala. Code § 35-9A-204, and source-of-income discrimination is not a protected class under state fair housing law. Retaliation protections for tenants are codified at Ala. Code § 35-9A-501.

With a poverty rate of 26.3% and 51.6% of households renting, Macon County's fundamentals call for careful tenant screening; the city-by-city breakdown in the grid above is the right starting point for underwriting any specific address.