Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Calera Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030504 · Shelby County, AL · pop 3,340 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Calera
Census tract 01117030504 runs through Calera. With 3,340 residents, it scores 4.1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 15th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $907 a month while the average household earns $70,085 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,341
Renter share28.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$70,085
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calera and the region
Centroid at 33.0910, -86.7687 · click any tract to drill in
Why Calera scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Calera
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$907 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Calera
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Calera
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Calera
5.0
How Calera compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.2%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Calera
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Calera eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Shelby County average of 4.3 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01117030504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030504?
Census tract 01117030504 in Calera scores 3.3/10 (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 01117030504?
Median gross rent is $907/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030504?
17.0% of residents in tract 01117030504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,340.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 83th, minority 56th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01117030504 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01117030504 compare to Calera overall?
Tract 01117030504 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Calera at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Calera eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Calera
Top eight tracts in Calera ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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