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

Northport Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01125010206 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 5,533 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Northport

With a score of 3/10, tract 01125010206 in Northport, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 27% here against 43.3% across Tuscaloosa County.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 19% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units2,100

Renter share25.6%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate3.1%

Median income$106,705

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Northport and the region

Centroid at 33.2611, -87.5873 · 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

3.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$719 rent vs county FMR

1.3

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: 21

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

12%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
34%Racial/ethnic minority
58%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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
10.8%Food insecurity
6.0%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
14.4%Frequent mental distress
28.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northport

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.

Average gross rent is $719, 27% below the Northport average. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Against the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. SNAP participation runs 6.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $106,705, annual rent is just 8%.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125010206

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010206?

Census tract 01125010206 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 01125010206?

Median gross rent is $719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010206?

3.1% of residents in tract 01125010206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,533.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 15th, minority 34th, housing 58th.

What share of households in tract 01125010206 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01125010206 compare to Northport overall?

Tract 01125010206 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.