Neighborhood · Chickasaw, AL

Alabama Village Eviction Risk: Moderate

6 census tracts · pop 8,806 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10 · range 5.6–6

Alabama Village spans 6 census tracts of Chickasaw, AL and houses 8,806 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 33.6% citywide, putting Alabama Village 21.3% over its own city.

34% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 25.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 31.0% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. On the high side is housing-court posture at 8.7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10. Court records carry 813 eviction filings across its 6 observed tracts.

The worst year on record was 2007, when filings touched 11.4% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 4.9% in 2016, is well off that peak. Its 6 tracts score within 0.4 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

Average gross rent runs $926, close to the Chickasaw average. 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

6 tracts · population-weighted

Alabama Village vs Chickasaw How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

54.9% +63%

Chickasaw: 33.6%

Average gross rent

$926 -4%

Chickasaw: $960

Average HH income

$31,005 -28%

Chickasaw: $42,854

Poverty rate

38.3% +35%

Chickasaw: 28.3%

Renter share

46.3% -2%

Chickasaw: 47.5%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Alabama Village and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 6 tracts span score 5.6–6

Why Alabama Village scores 5.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 1.8–1.8 across tracts

1.8

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts

4.4

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts

5.0

Rent control risk

55% of income on rent · Range 8.3–8.6 across tracts

8.4

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts

1.9

Tenant organizing strength

46% renter households · Range 8.8–9.1 across tracts

9.0

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 8.6–8.9 across tracts

8.7

Economic stress

38.3% below poverty line · Range 6.0–10.0 across tracts

8.3

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–5.1 across tracts

3.8

Risk score comparison

Alabama Village vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Alabama Village?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 0.4 points from 5.6 to 6. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.6

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

6 tracts in Alabama Village

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
01097007600	6	1,807	50%	$1,006
01097007500	6	1,261	86%	$914
01097004800	6	1,057	54%	$336
01097005100	5.7	1,735	52%	$1,100
01097005000	5.7	1,515	35%	$954
01097005200	5.6	1,431	59%	$1,030

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 70

Pop-weighted across 6 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 87%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 44%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 85%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 41%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Alabama Village

Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

813Total filings (sum)
4.49%Avg annual filing rate
11.4%Peak year (2007)
4.27%Latest filed (2016)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Alabama Village

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

30.3%Housing insecurity
24.5%Utility shutoff threat
44.6%Food insecurity
42.5%SNAP enrollment
15.0%No health insurance
47.7%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Alabama Village

What is the eviction-risk score for Alabama Village?

Alabama Village scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Alabama Village compare to Chickasaw overall?

Alabama Village scores 1.5 points higher than Chickasaw overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $926 vs $960.

What is the average rent in Alabama Village?

Average gross rent in Alabama eviction laws Village is $926/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Alabama Village residents are renters?

46% of Alabama Village households are renter-occupied (vs 47% in Chickasaw). The neighborhood has 8,806 residents.

Is Alabama Village a high social-vulnerability area?

Alabama Village sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Alabama Village have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Alabama Village is census tract 01097007600 (score 6/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 6, a spread of 0.4 points.

How safe is Alabama Village for landlords?

Alabama eviction laws Village carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chickasaw as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Alabama Village?

Alabama Village has 8,490 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (79.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (18.3%), Hispanic / Latino (1.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Alabama Village

5.2 Neely 4 tracts · pop 5,665 5.2 Toulminville 3 tracts · pop 5,204 4.9 Allenville 2 tracts · pop 2,706 4.9 Orange Grove 2 tracts · pop 2,319 4.1 South Crichton 3 tracts · pop 11,421 4.2 Georgia Avenue 4 tracts · pop 6,787

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