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East End Eviction Risk: Elevated , Tuscaloosa

Tract 01125011401 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,304 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

For landlords sizing up the East End neighborhood of Tuscaloosa, census tract 01125011401 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.

About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,052 a month against an average household income of $17,466 a year, roughly 72% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 58% Stable renters 25% Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units936
Renter share83.2%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate60.9%
Median income$17,466

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In East End
Moderate
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 40 tracts In Tuscaloosa
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 59 tracts In Tuscaloosa County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.2031, -87.5528 · click any tract to drill in

Why East End scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
60.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 East End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East End risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 011401Tuscaloosa: 2.82.8Tuscaloosaparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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)

  • 39Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 0.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2001)
  • 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011250114012001: 14 filings (1.01/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)2003: 8 filings (0.58/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (0.67/100 renter HHs)2014: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2016: 2 filings (0.50/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 86% over the past 6 months.
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 East End

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Tuscaloosa eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 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 18.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125011401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125011401?

Census tract 01125011401 in the East End neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 01125011401?

Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125011401?

60.9% of residents in tract 01125011401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,304.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125011401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 1th, minority 39th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 01125011401 considered part of East End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125011401 fall within East End (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125011401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 01125011401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.72% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01125011401 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.9% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01125011401 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125011401 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Tuscaloosa at 2.8/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Tuscaloosa

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

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