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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Alabaster Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01117030306 · Shelby County, AL · pop 3,703 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Alabaster

Census tract 01117030306 covers part of Alabaster, AL, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,703. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 9% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,423
Renter share12.6%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$69,969

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 10 tracts In Alabaster
Very High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 55 tracts In Shelby County
High
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#484 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Alabaster and the region

Centroid at 33.2318, -86.8187 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alabaster scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Alabaster
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,415 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alabaster
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alabaster
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alabaster
5.1

How Alabaster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alabaster risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0303063.4Alabasterparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 38Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 3.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.1%Peak (2013)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01117030306
Filings dropped 25% over the past 7 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 Alabaster

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. Against Shelby County at 40.0%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 38 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against the Shelby County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 13% 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. Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,415, close to the Alabaster average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $69,969.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01117030306

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030306?

Census tract 01117030306 in Alabaster scores 4.4/10 (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 01117030306?

Median gross rent is $1,415/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030306?

10.3% of residents in tract 01117030306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,703.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030306?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 65th, minority 41th, housing 13th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030306?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030306 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.86% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01117030306 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01117030306 compare to Alabaster overall?

Tract 01117030306 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Alabaster at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alabaster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Alabaster

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

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