Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Historic Downtown Northport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010403 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 4,791 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 01125010403 in the Historic Downtown Northport area of Northport, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs roughly one in four here against 43.3% across Tuscaloosa County.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,789
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$70,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northport and the region
Centroid at 33.2346, -87.5848 · click any tract to drill in
Why Historic Downtown Northport scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northport
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,034 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northport
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northport
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northport
5.2
How Historic Downtown Northport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 130Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2013)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Historic Downtown Northport. 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.
- 13.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 10.5%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Historic Downtown Northport
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Court records carry 130 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 3.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $70,542, annual rent is just 18%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,034, close to the Northport average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125010403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010403?
Census tract 01125010403 in the Historic Downtown Northport neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 01125010403?
Median gross rent is $1,034/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010403?
14.9% of residents in tract 01125010403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,791.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 80th, minority 66th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 01125010403 considered part of Historic Downtown Northport?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125010403 fall within Historic Downtown Northport (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125010403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125010403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.57% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01125010403 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.9% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01125010403 compare to Northport overall?
Tract 01125010403 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Northport at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Northport
Top eight tracts in Northport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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