Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Choccolocco Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01015002002 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 4,409 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Choccolocco
Census tract 01015002002 sits in Choccolocco, Alabama eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #71,783 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,188 monthly, set against $72,338 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,827
Renter share10.8%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$72,338
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Choccolocco and the region
Centroid at 33.7307, -85.7073 · click any tract to drill in
Why Choccolocco scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Choccolocco
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,188 rent vs county FMR
7.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Choccolocco
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Choccolocco
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Choccolocco
3.8
How Choccolocco compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Choccolocco
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Choccolocco, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Calhoun 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 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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 01015002002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015002002?
Census tract 01015002002 in Choccolocco 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01015002002?
Median gross rent is $1,188/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01015002002?
5.7% of residents in tract 01015002002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,409.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01015002002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 44th, minority 5th, housing 11th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01015002002 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01015002002 compare to Choccolocco overall?
Tract 01015002002 scores 2.6/10, higher than the parent city of Choccolocco at 1.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Choccolocco; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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