Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Saks Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01015001600 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 3,332 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Saks
With a score of 4/10, tract 01015001600 in Saks, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,502
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$41,768
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saks and the region
Centroid at 33.6982, -85.8638 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saks scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saks
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$856 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saks
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saks
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saks
5.0
How Saks compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 181Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2003)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 14 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.
- 17.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.5%Food insecurity
- 19.7%SNAP enrollment
- 12.4%Transit barriers
- 13.4%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saks
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.1/10. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Calhoun County average of 38.6%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 181 filings here across 14 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 25.5% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 3.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 5.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Calhoun County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01015001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015001600?
Census tract 01015001600 in Saks scores 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 average rent in tract 01015001600?
Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01015001600?
18.7% of residents in tract 01015001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,332.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01015001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 56th, minority 48th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01015001600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01015001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01015001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.1% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01015001600 compare to Saks overall?
Tract 01015001600 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Saks at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saks; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saks
Top eight tracts in Saks ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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