Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally

Five Points Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntsville

Tract 01089000902 · Madison County, AL · pop 2,448 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 01089000902 sits in the Five Points Historic District area of Huntsville eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. 14% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Madison County average of 39.4%.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 46% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units1,310

Renter share53.8%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$73,170

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7451, -86.5536 · click any tract to drill in

Why Five Points Historic District scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Huntsville

3.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.6

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,107 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Huntsville

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Huntsville

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Huntsville

2.5

How Five Points Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

52%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
11%Racial/ethnic minority
27%Housing & transportation

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)

138Total filings over 13 yrs
2.08%Avg annual filing rate
7.4%Peak (2008)
10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 150% over the past 13 months.

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.

9.8%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
7.3%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
16.9%Frequent mental distress
31.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Five Points Historic District

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 138 filings here across 13 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2008 at 7.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Madison County average of 3.7 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,107, close to the Huntsville average. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $73,170.

54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01089000902

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089000902?

Census tract 01089000902 in the Five Points Historic District neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01089000902?

Median gross rent is $1,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089000902?

8.4% of residents in tract 01089000902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,448.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089000902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 6th, minority 11th, housing 27th.

Is tract 01089000902 considered part of Five Points Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01089000902 fall within Five Points Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089000902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 138 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089000902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.08% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089000902 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089000902 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089000902 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Huntsville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Huntsville

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org