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Neighborhood · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Garden District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Montgomery

Tract 01101001300 · Montgomery County, AL · pop 2,110 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 01101001300 covers part of the Garden District area of Montgomery, AL, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,110 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 20% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate21.5%
Median income$48,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Garden District
Low
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#31 of 63 tracts In Montgomery
Moderate
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#32 of 71 tracts In Montgomery County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#484 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Montgomery and the region

Centroid at 32.3513, -86.3073 · click any tract to drill in

Why Garden District scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Montgomery
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
21.5% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$797 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Montgomery
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Montgomery
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Montgomery
3.0

How Garden District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Garden District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 001300Montgomery: 3.63.6Montgomeryparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 249Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 6.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2014)
  • 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011010013002001: 24 filings (4.88/100 renter HHs)2002: 26 filings (5.28/100 renter HHs)2006: 21 filings (5.48/100 renter HHs)2007: 30 filings (7.83/100 renter HHs)2008: 31 filings (8.09/100 renter HHs)2009: 22 filings (5.74/100 renter HHs)2013: 30 filings (6.79/100 renter HHs)2014: 37 filings (8.37/100 renter HHs)2016: 28 filings (5.75/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Garden District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Garden District

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Average gross rent is $797, 27% below the Montgomery average.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Court records carry 249 eviction filings across 9 observed years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 8.4% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Montgomery. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01101001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01101001300?

Census tract 01101001300 in the Garden District neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 01101001300?

Median gross rent is $797/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01101001300?

21.5% of residents in tract 01101001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,110.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01101001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 63th, minority 74th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 01101001300 considered part of Garden District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01101001300 fall within Garden District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01101001300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 249 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01101001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.47% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01101001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01101001300 compare to Montgomery overall?

Tract 01101001300 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Montgomery at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montgomery eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 01101001300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 2% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Montgomery

Top eight tracts in Montgomery ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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