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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Sylacauga Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01121011800 · Talladega County, AL · pop 2,089 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Sylacauga

Census tract 01121011800 covers part of Sylacauga, AL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,089 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 29.9% across Talladega County.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 38% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units996
Renter share75.1%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate26.3%
Median income$27,672

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Sylacauga
Very High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 24 tracts In Talladega County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#73 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sylacauga and the region

Centroid at 33.1723, -86.2530 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sylacauga scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Sylacauga
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
26.3% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$630 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sylacauga
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sylacauga
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sylacauga
6.6

How Sylacauga compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sylacauga risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0118004.0Sylacaugaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 121Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2008)
  • 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2005 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01121011800
Filings climbed 240% over the past 11 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 Sylacauga

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 46.4% against 31.5% nationally.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

It sits 1.3 points above the Talladega County average of 4.1. Average gross rent is $630, 18% below the Sylacauga average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 121 filings here across 11 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 2.8% of renter households.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01121011800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01121011800?

Census tract 01121011800 in Sylacauga scores 5.4/10 (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 01121011800?

Median gross rent is $630/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01121011800?

26.3% of residents in tract 01121011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,089.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01121011800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 65th, minority 50th, housing 49th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01121011800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01121011800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01121011800 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.0% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01121011800 compare to Sylacauga overall?

Tract 01121011800 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Sylacauga at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sylacauga eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Sylacauga

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

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