Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Northport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010205 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 7,750 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Northport
Census tract 01125010205 belongs to Northport, Alabama. It is home to 7,750 residents and scores 4.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 21% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $879 a month against an average household income of $104,000 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,742
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$104,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northport and the region
Centroid at 33.3088, -87.5867 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northport scores 2.5
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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$879 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northport
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 Northport eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125010205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010205?
Census tract 01125010205 in Northport scores 2.5/10 (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 01125010205?
Median gross rent is $879/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010205?
8.5% of residents in tract 01125010205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 71th, minority 27th, housing 20th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01125010205 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01125010205 compare to Northport overall?
Tract 01125010205 scores 2.5/10, 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.
Tract · AL
01125010304
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Historic Downtown Northport
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Historic Downtown Northport
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010204
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010305
2.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010206
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010201
2.1
/ 10 · Low
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