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

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089002502 · Madison County, AL · pop 3,414

Tract 01089002502 sits in Huntsville eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 3,414 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 48% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units1,538

Renter share79.8%

SVI overall0.79

Poverty rate17.6%

Median income$35,804

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.6782, -86.5939 · 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

17.6% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$825 rent vs county FMR

1.6

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: 79

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

92%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
72%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)

1,255Total filings over 13 yrs
10.04%Avg annual filing rate
11.6%Peak (2011)
110Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 31% 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.

21.0%Housing insecurity
14.9%Utility-shutoff threat
27.4%Food insecurity
21.6%SNAP enrollment
15.2%Transit barriers
14.1%No health insurance
20.7%Frequent mental distress
37.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Average gross rent is $825, 30% below the Huntsville average.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Food insecurity runs 27.4% against 17.8% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 1,255 evictions over 13 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2011, when 11.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

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 01089002502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089002502?

Census tract 01089002502 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 01089002502?

Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089002502?

17.6% of residents in tract 01089002502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,414.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089002502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 7th, minority 72th, housing 92th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089002502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,255 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089002502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.04% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089002502 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.0% 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. 14.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089002502 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089002502 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