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Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally

Montgomery Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01101001600 · Montgomery County, AL · pop 3,613

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01101001600 (Montgomery in Montgomery County, Alabama) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $889 monthly, set against $21,479 in average yearly household income, roughly 50% of income at the averages. Renters make up 69% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 27% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,619
Renter share69.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate37.6%
Median income$21,479

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 63 tracts In Montgomery
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 71 tracts In Montgomery County
Very High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#96 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
National
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#13,119 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Montgomery and the region

Centroid at 32.3743, -86.2736 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montgomery scores 5.9

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
37.6% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Montgomery compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Montgomery risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.95.9This tracttract 001600Montgomery: 2.82.8Montgomeryparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 601Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 7.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.1%Peak (2001)
  • 56Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011010016002001: 86 filings (9.05/100 renter HHs)2002: 75 filings (7.89/100 renter HHs)2006: 86 filings (9.24/100 renter HHs)2007: 68 filings (7.30/100 renter HHs)2008: 54 filings (5.80/100 renter HHs)2009: 59 filings (6.34/100 renter HHs)2013: 53 filings (5.50/100 renter HHs)2014: 64 filings (6.64/100 renter HHs)2016: 56 filings (5.96/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Montgomery

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Montgomery eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 01101001600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01101001600?

Census tract 01101001600 in Montgomery scores 5.9/10 (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 01101001600?

Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01101001600?

37.6% of residents in tract 01101001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,613.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01101001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 82th, housing 66th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01101001600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 601 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01101001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.08% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01101001600 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.7% 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. 25.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01101001600 compare to Montgomery overall?

Tract 01101001600 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Montgomery at 2.8/10. 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.
Q8

Was tract 01101001600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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