Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Circlewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa
Tract 01125012101 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 4,238 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 01125012101 in the Circlewood area of Tuscaloosa, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,238 residents. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Tuscaloosa County average of 43.3%.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,558
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$41,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region
Centroid at 33.1933, -87.5098 · click any tract to drill in
Why Circlewood scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tuscaloosa
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$984 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tuscaloosa
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tuscaloosa
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tuscaloosa
2.5
How Circlewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
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.
- 18.7%Housing insecurity
- 14.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.5%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.3%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 22.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Circlewood
The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 27.5% against 17.8% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Average gross rent is $984, close to the Tuscaloosa average.
Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $41,542. 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125012101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125012101?
Census tract 01125012101 in the Circlewood neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 01125012101?
Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125012101?
28.2% of residents in tract 01125012101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,238.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125012101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 27th, minority 60th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 01125012101 considered part of Circlewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125012101 fall within Circlewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 01125012101 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.7% 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. 14.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01125012101 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?
Tract 01125012101 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Tuscaloosa at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tuscaloosa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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