Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally

Tuscaloosa Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01125010105 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,964 · 0% of tract blocks fall in Tuscaloosa

Census tract 01125010105 runs through Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa County. With 3,964 residents, it scores 3.9/10 for landlords. It lands near the 11th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $785 a month against an average household income of $102,673 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.8

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 5% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units1,398

Renter share7.3%

SVI overall0.03

Poverty rate4.6%

Median income$102,673

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.3814, -87.7639 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tuscaloosa scores 2.8

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

4.6% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$785 rent vs county FMR

1.9

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: 3

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

5%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
1%Racial/ethnic minority
14%Housing & transportation

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.

10.1%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
13.2%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
7.0%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
17.2%Frequent mental distress
33.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tuscaloosa

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125010105

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010105?

Census tract 01125010105 in Tuscaloosa scores 2.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01125010105?

Median gross rent is $785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010105?

4.6% of residents in tract 01125010105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,964.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 13th, minority 1th, housing 14th.

What share of households in tract 01125010105 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.1% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01125010105 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125010105 scores 2.8/10, right in line with 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.