Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tuscaloosa Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010102 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,058 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Tuscaloosa
Census tract 01125010102 covers part of Tuscaloosa, AL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,058. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share4.8%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$82,237
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region
Centroid at 33.4546, -87.4712 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tuscaloosa scores 3
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
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,273 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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 Tuscaloosa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
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)
- 8Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 6 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tuscaloosa
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Average gross rent is $1,273, 21% above the Tuscaloosa average. It sits 1.1 points below the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1.
SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 8 evictions over 4 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 5% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
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 01125010102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010102?
Census tract 01125010102 in Tuscaloosa scores 3/10 (Lower 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 01125010102?
Median gross rent is $1,273/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010102?
4.1% of residents in tract 01125010102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,058.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 25th, minority 5th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125010102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 01125010102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.79% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01125010102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01125010102 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?
Tract 01125010102 scores 3/10, lower 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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