Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01103005106 · Morgan County, AL · pop 6,888 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Decatur
Tract 01103005106 sits in Decatur eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,954
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$54,568
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 34.5710, -87.0402 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$870 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Decatur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 292Total filings over 12 yrs
- 2.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2016)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% over the past 12 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 32.5% across Morgan County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 292 filings here across 12 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition 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 01103005106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103005106?
Census tract 01103005106 in Decatur scores 3/10 (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 01103005106?
Median gross rent is $870/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01103005106?
8.6% of residents in tract 01103005106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,888.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01103005106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 81th, minority 44th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103005106?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 292 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103005106 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.83% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01103005106 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 9.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01103005106 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 01103005106 scores 3/10, right in line with 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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01103000100
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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01103000600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000700
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000900
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000800
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000400
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
Bayside
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103001000
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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