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

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089000701 · Madison County, AL · pop 2,938

Tract 01089000701 sits in Huntsville eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 2,938. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 24% Owners 45%

Tract context

Occupied units1,259

Renter share54.3%

SVI overall0.96

Poverty rate33.5%

Median income$41,328

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7672, -86.6022 · 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

33.5% poverty · this tract

8.4

Supply constraint

$891 rent vs county FMR

2.1

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: 96

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

96%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
71%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)

626Total filings over 13 yrs
8.94%Avg annual filing rate
10.0%Peak (2015)
41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

27.3%Housing insecurity
21.3%Utility-shutoff threat
37.2%Food insecurity
34.2%SNAP enrollment
19.3%Transit barriers
14.9%No health insurance
20.2%Frequent mental distress
43.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

Cost burden runs 57% here against 39.4% across Madison County. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Food insecurity runs 37.2% against 17.8% nationally.

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.4/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

At $891 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Huntsville commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Court records carry 626 eviction filings across 13 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.0% of renter households.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01089000701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089000701?

Census tract 01089000701 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 01089000701?

Median gross rent is $891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089000701?

33.5% of residents in tract 01089000701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,938.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089000701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 98th, minority 81th, housing 71th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089000701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 626 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089000701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.94% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089000701 struggle to pay rent?

About 27.3% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089000701 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089000701 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