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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Meadowbrook Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01117030331 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,480 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Meadowbrook

With a score of 3/10, tract 01117030331 in Meadowbrook, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,480 residents. Cost burden runs 100% here against 40.0% across Shelby County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 0% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,588
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$143,214

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Meadowbrook
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#42 of 55 tracts In Shelby County
Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#968 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Meadowbrook and the region

Centroid at 33.3800, -86.7162 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meadowbrook scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Meadowbrook
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Meadowbrook
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Meadowbrook
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Meadowbrook
5.8

How Meadowbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Meadowbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0303313.2Meadowbrookparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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)

  • 10Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak (2002)
  • 2Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01117030331
Filings dropped 100% 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 Meadowbrook

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10.

SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 10 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

Against the Shelby County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2002 at 5.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

Of its three components the housing type and transport 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 01117030331

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030331?

Census tract 01117030331 in Meadowbrook 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 poverty rate in tract 01117030331?

11.5% of residents in tract 01117030331 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,480.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030331?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 47th, minority 35th, housing 6th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030331?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 01117030331 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.61% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

What share of households in tract 01117030331 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 01117030331 compare to Meadowbrook overall?

Tract 01117030331 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Meadowbrook at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Meadowbrook; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Meadowbrook

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

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