Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Brook Highland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030221 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,893 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Brook Highland
Tract 01117030221 sits in Brook Highland, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units2,383
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$125,428
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brook Highland and the region
Centroid at 33.4335, -86.6800 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brook Highland scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brook Highland
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,472 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brook Highland
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brook Highland
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brook Highland
4.1
How Brook Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brook Highland
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Shelby County average of 40.0%. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. SNAP participation runs 5.7% against 15.2% nationally.
The voucher gap is 16.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Against the Shelby County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $125,428, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01117030221
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030221?
Census tract 01117030221 in Brook Highland 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 01117030221?
Median gross rent is $1,472/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030221?
3.1% of residents in tract 01117030221 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030221?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 38th, minority 43th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01117030221 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01117030221 compare to Brook Highland overall?
Tract 01117030221 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Brook Highland at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brook Highland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brook Highland
Top eight tracts in Brook Highland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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