Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Helena Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073014205 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,630 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Helena
Census tract 01073014205 covers Helena, home to 3,630 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
100% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 100% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $101,152 a year. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$101,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Helena and the region
Centroid at 33.2846, -86.9423 · click any tract to drill in
Why Helena scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Helena
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Helena
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Helena
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Helena
6.0
How Helena compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Helena
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.3/10. 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 Helena 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 Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073014205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073014205?
Census tract 01073014205 in Helena scores 1.9/10 (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 01073014205?
3.6% of residents in tract 01073014205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,630.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073014205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 15th, minority 68th, housing 12th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 01073014205 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 01073014205 compare to Helena overall?
Tract 01073014205 scores 1.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Helena at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Helena eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Helena
Top eight tracts in Helena ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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