3 census tracts · pop 5,056 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 5–5
Maxwell Heights takes in 3 census tracts of Montgomery, AL, population 5,056. The Eviction Risk Score is 5/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 51% against 32.3% citywide, putting Maxwell Heights 18.4% over its own city.
Food insecurity affects 50.5% of adults, 32.7 points above the national rate. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 38%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Pulling the other way is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $738, 32% below the Montgomery average of $1,089.
Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 8.8/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2/10.
Filings are well documented here: 1,226 across 3 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 15.4% of renter households. 18.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
That places it #1 of 6 neighborhoods in Montgomery. Judgments average 3.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
With little internal variation, 5/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Maxwell Heights vs MontgomeryHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport86%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Maxwell Heights
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,226Total filings (sum)
6.86%Avg annual filing rate
15.4%Peak year (2016)
11.25%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Maxwell Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
34.0%Housing insecurity
26.7%Utility shutoff threat
48.8%Food insecurity
46.8%SNAP enrollment
17.4%No health insurance
52.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Maxwell Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Maxwell Heights?
Maxwell Heights scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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.
Q2
How does Maxwell Heights compare to Montgomery overall?
Maxwell Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Montgomery overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $738 vs $1,089.
Q3
What is the average rent in Maxwell Heights?
Average gross rent in Maxwell Heights is $738/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Maxwell Heights residents are renters?
55% of Maxwell Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Montgomery). The neighborhood has 5,056 residents.
Q5
Is Maxwell Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Maxwell Heights sits in the 93rd 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Maxwell Heights have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Maxwell Heights is census tract 01101001100 (score 5/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 5, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Maxwell Heights for landlords?
Maxwell Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Montgomery as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Maxwell Heights?
Maxwell Heights has 5,359 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (89.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.5%), Other / Multiracial (2.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
