Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntsville

Tract 01089002721 · Madison County, AL · pop 4,445 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 01089002721 covers part of the Willowbrook area of Huntsville, AL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,445 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 11% Owners 78%

Tract context

Occupied units1,874

Renter share21.3%

SVI overall0.17

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$103,134

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.6598, -86.5474 · click any tract to drill in

Why Willowbrook scores 3

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

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,135 rent vs county FMR

4.1

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 Willowbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

18%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
21%Racial/ethnic minority
17%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)

104Total filings over 13 yrs
1.87%Avg annual filing rate
3.4%Peak (2011)
7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 17% over the past 13 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Willowbrook. 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.

6.0%Housing insecurity
4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
7.2%Food insecurity
4.3%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook

Cost burden runs 50% here against 39.4% across Madison County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 104 evictions over 13 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.0% against 14.2% nationally.

Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01089002721

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089002721?

Census tract 01089002721 in the Willowbrook neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 01089002721?

Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089002721?

8.4% of residents in tract 01089002721 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,445.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089002721?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 48th, minority 21th, housing 17th.

Is tract 01089002721 considered part of Willowbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01089002721 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089002721?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089002721 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.87% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089002721 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089002721 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089002721 scores 3/10, lower 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