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Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Bayside Eviction Risk: Lower , Decatur

Tract 01103005109 · Morgan County, AL · pop 4,576 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 01103005109 in the Bayside area of Decatur, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 46% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,920
Renter share63.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$59,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bayside
Moderate
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 17 tracts In Decatur
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#12 of 31 tracts In Morgan County
Elevated
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#784 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Decatur and the region

Centroid at 34.5494, -86.9779 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayside scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Decatur
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$829 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
2.5

How Bayside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bayside risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.5This tracttract 0051093.2Decaturparent city3.5Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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)

  • 644Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 4.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2013)
  • 60Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01103005109
Filings climbed 50% over the past 12 months.
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 Bayside

21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Food insecurity runs 26.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Against Morgan County at 32.5%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 644 filings here across 12 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $59,167, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Morgan County average of 3.5 closely.

Average gross rent is $829, close to the Decatur average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01103005109

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103005109?

Census tract 01103005109 in the Bayside neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 01103005109?

Median gross rent is $829/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01103005109?

14.3% of residents in tract 01103005109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,576.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01103005109?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 99th, minority 69th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 01103005109 considered part of Bayside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01103005109 fall within Bayside (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103005109?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 644 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103005109 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.52% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01103005109 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.5% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01103005109 compare to Decatur overall?

Tract 01103005109 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Decatur at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Decatur

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

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