Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally

Northport Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01125010305 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,534 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Northport

Northport in Tuscaloosa County is where census tract 01125010305 sits, home to 3,534 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $78,447 a year. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 5% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units1,346

Renter share6.6%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate2.5%

Median income$78,447

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Northport and the region

Centroid at 33.2942, -87.6876 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northport scores 2.6

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

2.5% poverty · this tract

1.0

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: 10

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

14%Socioeconomic
13%Household composition
6%Racial/ethnic minority
26%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.

9.8%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
7.4%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
29.7%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 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 9.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 01125010305

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010305?

Census tract 01125010305 in Northport scores 2.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01125010305?

2.5% of residents in tract 01125010305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,534.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010305?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 13th, minority 6th, housing 26th.

What share of households in tract 01125010305 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.8% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01125010305 compare to Northport overall?

Tract 01125010305 scores 2.6/10, higher than 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.