Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Columbiana Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01117030703 · Shelby County, AL · pop 3,796 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Columbiana
With a score of $1/10, tract 01117030703 in Columbiana in Shelby County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,796 residents. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $728 monthly, set against $67,517 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate17.4%
Median income$67,517
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbiana and the region
Centroid at 33.1621, -86.5967 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbiana scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbiana
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.4% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$728 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbiana
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbiana
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbiana
5.9
How Columbiana compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 59Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.1%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 37.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbiana
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Columbiana, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Shelby County average of 4.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th 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 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.1% 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 01117030703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030703?
Census tract 01117030703 in Columbiana scores 4.3/10 (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 01117030703?
Median gross rent is $728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030703?
17.4% of residents in tract 01117030703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,796.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 51th, minority 45th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030703 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030703 compare to Columbiana overall?
Tract 01117030703 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Columbiana at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbiana; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Columbiana
Top eight tracts in Columbiana ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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