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

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089001301 · Madison County, AL · pop 3,816

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 01089001301 in Huntsville, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,816. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 47% Stable renters 43% Owners 10%

Tract context

Occupied units1,935

Renter share89.5%

SVI overall0.98

Poverty rate32.4%

Median income$33,911

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7416, -86.6377 · 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

32.4% poverty · this tract

8.1

Supply constraint

$888 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: 98

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

99%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
98%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)

2,379Total filings over 13 yrs
18.16%Avg annual filing rate
30.2%Peak (2007)
153Filings 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.

25.5%Housing insecurity
18.8%Utility-shutoff threat
34.0%Food insecurity
28.8%SNAP enrollment
18.6%Transit barriers
13.2%No health insurance
22.1%Frequent mental distress
38.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Against Madison County at 39.4%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

SNAP participation runs 28.8% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $888, 24% below the Huntsville average.

On the high side, economic stress reads 8.1/10. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Court records carry 2,379 eviction filings across 13 observed years. The worst year on record was 2007, when 30.2% of renter households were served.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01089001301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089001301?

Census tract 01089001301 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 01089001301?

Median gross rent is $888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089001301?

32.4% of residents in tract 01089001301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,816.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089001301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 67th, minority 89th, housing 98th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089001301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,379 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089001301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.16% of renter households, peaking at 30.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089001301 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.5% 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. 18.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089001301 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089001301 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