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Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Oxford

Tract 01015001201 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 3,064 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

01015001201 is a census tract in the Forest Hills area of Oxford, AL. It scores 3.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,064. Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 21% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,223
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate17.2%
Median income$42,923

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Forest Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 10 tracts In Oxford
High
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#19 of 38 tracts In Calhoun County
Moderate
Within state
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#680 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oxford and the region

Centroid at 33.6084, -85.8515 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Hills scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oxford
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.2% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$774 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oxford
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oxford
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oxford
5.3

How Forest Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.8This tracttract 0012013.4Oxfordparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

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)

  • 264Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2013)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01015001201
Filings climbed 120% over the past 14 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Forest Hills. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Hills

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $774, 16% below the Oxford average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 264 filings here across 14 tracked years. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 3.1/10. The worst year on record was 2013, when 4.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 37% of renters. It tracks the Calhoun County average of 4.0 closely.

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 01015001201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015001201?

Census tract 01015001201 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 01015001201?

Median gross rent is $774/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01015001201?

17.2% of residents in tract 01015001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,064.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01015001201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 67th, minority 59th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 01015001201 considered part of Forest Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01015001201 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01015001201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 264 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01015001201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01015001201 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01015001201 compare to Oxford overall?

Tract 01015001201 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Oxford at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oxford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oxford

Top eight tracts in Oxford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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