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Eviction Risk in Garden District , Montgomery

5 census tracts · pop 7,566 · pop-weighted composite 5.6/10 · range 5.3–6.1

Garden District is a black (non-hispanic) neighborhood in Montgomery with 5 census tracts and a population of 7,566 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 40% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 25% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $851/month sits 22% lower than the Montgomery citywide median ($1,089).

Eviction Risk
5.6
Moderate tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
40%
25% severely burdened
Median rent
$851
Median household income
$38,850
36.3% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Garden District vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Garden District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Garden District: 5.65.6Garden DistrictNeighborhoodParent city: 3.63.6Parent cityhost cityState: 3.93.9Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · AL
Cloverdale Historic District
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
4 tracts · pop. 14.0K
Peer · AL
Maxwell Heights
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
3 tracts · pop. 5.1K
Peer · AL
Brookview Manor
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 6.8K
Peer · AL
Young Forte Village
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 4.0K
Comparison

Garden District vs Montgomery

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
5.6 +56%
Montgomery: 3.6
Rent burden
39.5% +22%
Montgomery: 32.3%
Median gross rent
$851 -22%
Montgomery: $1,089
Median HH income
$38,850 -30%
Montgomery: $55,687
Poverty rate
36.3% +74%
Montgomery: 20.9%
Renter share
61.6% +35%
Montgomery: 45.6%
Where

Tract centroids in Garden District

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

Black (non-Hispanic) Neighborhood — 7,493 residents across all tracts in Garden District. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 2.9% White (non-Hispanic): 24.8% Black (non-Hispanic): 68.3% Asian (non-Hispanic): 0.1% Other / Multiracial: 3.8%
  • Hispanic / Latino 2.9%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 24.8%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 68.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0.1%
  • Other / Multiracial 3.8%
Census tracts

5 tracts in Garden District

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

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
01101001200 6.1 1,597 51% $751
01101000200 5.6 1,462 37% $837
01101000700 5.5 1,609 30% $803
01101000100 5.5 788 36% $1,327
01101001300 5.3 2,110 42% $797
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 86

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 84%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 68%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Garden District

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,209Total filings (sum)
  • 6.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.3%Peak year (2014)
  • 5.00%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Garden District

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

Frequently asked

About Garden District

What is the eviction-risk score for Garden District?

Garden District scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Garden District compare to Montgomery overall?

Garden District scores 2.0 points higher than Montgomery overall (3.6/10). Rent burden: 40% vs 32% citywide. Median rent: $851 vs $1,089.

What is the median rent in Garden District?

Median gross rent in Garden District is $851/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Garden District residents are renters?

62% of Garden District households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Montgomery). The neighborhood has 7,566 residents.

Is Garden District a high social-vulnerability area?

Garden District sits in the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

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