Merrimack Mill Village Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Huntsville

SNAP participation runs 48.4% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 52%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Madison County average of 39.4%.

This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. At $725 a month, rents run 38% under what the rest of Huntsville commands.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 27.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,230 filings here across 13 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.0% of renter households were served.

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