Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089000501 · Madison County, AL · pop 2,481

Census tract 01089000501 covers part of Huntsville, AL, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,481 residents. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Madison County average of 39.4%.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 11% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units672

Renter share29.5%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate29.9%

Median income$46,643

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7752, -86.6353 · click any tract to drill in

Why Huntsville scores 4.8

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

29.9% poverty · this tract

7.5

Supply constraint

$1,225 rent vs county FMR

4.8

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 Huntsville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

78%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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)

106Total filings over 13 yrs
5.32%Avg annual filing rate
8.5%Peak (2015)
11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 175% over the past 13 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.

25.7%Housing insecurity
20.1%Utility-shutoff threat
35.5%Food insecurity
32.4%SNAP enrollment
18.0%Transit barriers
13.9%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
44.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

SNAP participation runs 32.4% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Disability prevalence runs 44.0% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Madison County average of 3.7.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 106 evictions over 13 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 8.5% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01089000501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089000501?

Census tract 01089000501 in Huntsville scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 01089000501?

Median gross rent is $1,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089000501?

29.9% of residents in tract 01089000501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,481.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089000501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 74th, minority 89th, housing 55th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089000501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089000501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.32% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089000501 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.7% 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. 20.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089000501 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089000501 scores 4.8/10, higher than 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