Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Northport Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01125010205 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 7,750 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Northport

Tract 01125010205 sits in Northport eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 7,750. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.

Risk score

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.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Northport and the region

Centroid at 33.3088, -87.5867 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northport scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

Against Tuscaloosa County at 43.3%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

It sits 1.1 points below the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1. Average gross rent is $879, 10% below the Northport average.

That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $104,000, annual rent is just 10%.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125010205

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010205?

Census tract 01125010205 in Northport 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

How does tract 01125010205 compare to Northport overall?

Tract 01125010205 scores 3/10, lower than 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.