Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Northport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01125010304 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 4,929 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Northport
01125010304 is a census tract in Northport, AL. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,929 residents. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,016
Renter share33.8%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$61,081
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northport and the region
Centroid at 33.2504, -87.6211 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northport scores 5.4
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
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 16.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.8%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northport
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Tuscaloosa County average of 43.3%. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Against the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125010304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010304?
Census tract 01125010304 in Northport scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 01125010304?
30.2% of residents in tract 01125010304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,929.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 93th, minority 61th, housing 27th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 01125010304 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.0% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 01125010304 compare to Northport overall?
Tract 01125010304 scores 5.4/10, higher 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.
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