Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Vance Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010703 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,334 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Vance
For landlords sizing up Vance in Tuscaloosa County, census tract 01125010703 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #81,348 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 10% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $736 monthly, set against $79,600 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,158
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$79,600
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vance and the region
Centroid at 33.1845, -87.2514 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vance scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vance
2.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$736 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vance
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vance
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vance
3.8
How Vance compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 28Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2003)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vance
The heaviest input here 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 Vance, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 28 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.0% of renter households in 2003.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125010703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010703?
Census tract 01125010703 in Vance 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 01125010703?
Median gross rent is $736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010703?
6.5% of residents in tract 01125010703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 73th, minority 39th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125010703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125010703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.68% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01125010703 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01125010703 compare to Vance overall?
Tract 01125010703 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Vance at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vance; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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