Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Phenix City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01113030402 · Russell County, AL · pop 3,539 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Phenix City

Tract 01113030402 sits in Phenix City eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,539 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 10% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,406

Renter share22.8%

SVI overall0.58

Poverty rate16.2%

Median income$59,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Phenix City and the region

Centroid at 32.5005, -85.0442 · click any tract to drill in

Why Phenix City scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Phenix City

5.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

16.2% poverty · this tract

4.1

Supply constraint

$1,022 rent vs county FMR

4.2

Rent control risk

Inherited from Phenix City

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Phenix City

2.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Phenix City

2.2

How Phenix City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

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

41%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
45%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)

312Total filings over 9 yrs
5.73%Avg annual filing rate
11.1%Peak (2001)
52Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings dropped 20% 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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
17.6%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
36.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Phenix City

Against Russell County at 43.2%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 312 filings here across 9 tracked years.

Against the Russell County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2001, when 11.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01113030402

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01113030402?

Census tract 01113030402 in Phenix City 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01113030402?

Median gross rent is $1,022/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01113030402?

16.2% of residents in tract 01113030402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,539.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01113030402?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 89th, minority 57th, housing 45th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01113030402?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01113030402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.73% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01113030402 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01113030402 compare to Phenix City overall?

Tract 01113030402 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Phenix City at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Phenix City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Phenix City

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org