Southwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa

SNAP participation runs 51.8% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.1 points above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2.5/10.

Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.