Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 65% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Average gross rent is $947, 19% below the Huntsville average.

It sits 1.1 points above the Madison County average of 3.7. Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10.

The filing record is not thin: 555 evictions over 13 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

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