Riverchase Eviction Risk: Lower , Hoover

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Shelby County average of 40.0%.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 257 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally. At $1,313 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Hoover commands.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 6.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.