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

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089000702 · Madison County, AL · pop 2,682

01089000702 is a census tract in Huntsville, AL. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,682. Severe burden reaches 35%. 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 27% Stable renters 32% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units1,349

Renter share58.6%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate20.5%

Median income$43,440

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7552, -86.6031 · 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

20.5% poverty · this tract

5.1

Supply constraint

$812 rent vs county FMR

1.5

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: 87

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

77%Socioeconomic
63%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
92%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)

344Total filings over 13 yrs
3.94%Avg annual filing rate
9.7%Peak (2008)
24Filings 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.

17.1%Housing insecurity
12.0%Utility-shutoff threat
23.6%Food insecurity
18.9%SNAP enrollment
11.8%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
42.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. At $812 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Huntsville commands.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Cost burden runs 46% here against 39.4% across Madison County.

The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 344 filings here across 13 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 9.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01089000702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089000702?

Census tract 01089000702 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 01089000702?

Median gross rent is $812/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089000702?

20.5% of residents in tract 01089000702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,682.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089000702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 63th, minority 83th, housing 92th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089000702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 344 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089000702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.94% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089000702 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.1% 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. 12.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089000702 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089000702 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