Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Ohatchee Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01015002600 · Calhoun County, AL · pop 4,629 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Ohatchee
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01015002600 (Ohatchee, Alabama) comes in at 3.5/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #79,252 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 14% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $808 monthly, set against $66,050 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,790
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$66,050
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ohatchee and the region
Centroid at 33.7688, -86.0372 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ohatchee scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ohatchee
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$808 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ohatchee
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ohatchee
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ohatchee
3.6
How Ohatchee compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 70Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2015)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 350% 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ohatchee
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.6/10. 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 Ohatchee, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% 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 01015002600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01015002600?
Census tract 01015002600 in Ohatchee scores 3.7/10 (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 01015002600?
Median gross rent is $808/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01015002600?
18.4% of residents in tract 01015002600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,629.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01015002600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 81th, minority 9th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01015002600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 70 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01015002600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.46% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01015002600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01015002600 compare to Ohatchee overall?
Tract 01015002600 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Ohatchee at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ohatchee; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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