Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Northport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010201 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,767 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Northport
Census tract 01125010201 runs through Northport in Tuscaloosa County. With 3,767 residents, it scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It lands near the 8th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,375 monthly, set against $105,477 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,581
Renter share7.2%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate0.6%
Median income$105,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northport and the region
Centroid at 33.3294, -87.6397 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northport scores 2.1
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
0.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Northport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 25Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2014)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northport
The score leans hardest on 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 Northport 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 3.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.4% of renter households in 2014.
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 01125010201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010201?
Census tract 01125010201 in Northport scores 2.1/10 (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 01125010201?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010201?
0.6% of residents in tract 01125010201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,767.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 20th, minority 11th, housing 8th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125010201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125010201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.86% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01125010201 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01125010201 compare to Northport overall?
Tract 01125010201 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Northport at 2.3/10. 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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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Historic Downtown Northport
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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01125010204
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.5
/ 10 · Low
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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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