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

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089010625 · Madison County, AL · pop 5,373 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Huntsville

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 01089010625 in Huntsville, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,373 residents. 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 33% Stable renters 29% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units2,264

Renter share62.2%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate18.4%

Median income$36,593

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7479, -86.6579 · 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

18.4% poverty · this tract

4.6

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: 76

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

72%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
87%Racial/ethnic minority
63%Housing & transportation

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.

22.6%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
30.9%Food insecurity
24.7%SNAP enrollment
18.0%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
21.8%Frequent mental distress
38.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

Against Madison County at 39.4%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Average gross rent is $891, 24% below the Huntsville average. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Madison County average of 3.7.

SNAP participation runs 24.7% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 22.6% against 14.2% nationally.

That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. 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.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $36,593. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01089010625

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089010625?

Census tract 01089010625 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 01089010625?

Median gross rent is $891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089010625?

18.4% of residents in tract 01089010625 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,373.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089010625?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 65th, minority 87th, housing 63th.

What share of households in tract 01089010625 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.6% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089010625 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089010625 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.