Parkwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa

Against Tuscaloosa County at 43.3%, 67% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 63% of average household income of $17,092, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 49.9% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 54%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

This is renter territory: 85% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1.

The filing record is not thin: 183 evictions over 6 years of observation. Average gross rent is $904, 14% below the Tuscaloosa average.

The worst year on record was 2013, when 12.7% of renter households were served.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.