Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Maxwell Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Montgomery
Tract 01101003000 · Montgomery County, AL · pop 1,554 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
01101003000 is a census tract in the Maxwell Heights area of Montgomery, AL. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units596
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate39.9%
Median income$31,891
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery and the region
Centroid at 32.3515, -86.3602 · click any tract to drill in
Why Maxwell Heights scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
39.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Maxwell Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 449Total filings over 9 yrs
- 7.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2016)
- 67Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 37% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Maxwell Heights. 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.
- 32.6%Housing insecurity
- 25.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.7%Food insecurity
- 44.3%SNAP enrollment
- 22.8%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 51.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Maxwell Heights
Cost burden runs 71% here against 42.8% across Montgomery County. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 44.3% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 40%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 32.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Average gross rent is $849, 22% below the Montgomery average. It sits 1.0 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.0.
Court records carry 449 eviction filings across 9 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 15.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01101003000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01101003000?
Census tract 01101003000 in the Maxwell Heights neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 01101003000?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01101003000?
39.9% of residents in tract 01101003000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01101003000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 24th, minority 90th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 01101003000 considered part of Maxwell Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01101003000 fall within Maxwell Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01101003000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 449 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01101003000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.80% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01101003000 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.6% 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01101003000 compare to Montgomery overall?
Tract 01101003000 scores 5/10, 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.
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