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Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Phenix City

Tract 01113030200 · Russell County, AL · pop 1,572 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 01113030200 sits in the Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District neighborhood of Phenix City eviction risk, Alabama eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $704 a month against an average household income of $29,563 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 21% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units745
Renter share70.3%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate49.7%
Median income$29,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 14 tracts In Phenix City
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 18 tracts In Russell County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#156 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Phenix City and the region

Centroid at 32.4743, -85.0070 · click any tract to drill in

Why Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District scores 5.7

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
49.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$704 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 030200Phenix City: 2.22.2Phenix Cityparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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)

  • 126Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 1.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.9%Peak (2016)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011130302002001: 12 filings (1.36/100 renter HHs)2002: 16 filings (1.81/100 renter HHs)2003: 8 filings (0.91/100 renter HHs)2005: 16 filings (2.21/100 renter HHs)2006: 9 filings (1.24/100 renter HHs)2007: 10 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2008: 18 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2009: 15 filings (2.07/100 renter HHs)2016: 22 filings (3.90/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 83% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District. 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 Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. 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 Phenix City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Russell County average of 4.9 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 33.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 26.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 126 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2016.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01113030200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01113030200?

Census tract 01113030200 in the Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 01113030200?

Median gross rent is $704/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01113030200?

49.7% of residents in tract 01113030200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,572.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01113030200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 83th, minority 82th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 01113030200 considered part of Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01113030200 fall within Upper Twentieth Street Residential Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01113030200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01113030200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.93% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01113030200 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.3% 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. 26.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01113030200 compare to Phenix City overall?

Tract 01113030200 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Phenix City at 2.2/10. 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.

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