Valley Grande Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01047956202 · Dallas County, AL · pop 2,557 · 44% of tract blocks fall in Valley Grande
Census tract 01047956202 covers Valley Grande, home to 2,557 residents. For landlords it grades 4.6/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #61,474 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 21% 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 rent runs $972 a month against an average household income of $50,380 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Valley Grande and the region
Centroid at 32.5527, -87.0353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley Grande scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Valley Grande compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
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)
- 22Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2009)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.3%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 19.5%Frequent mental distress
- 44.3%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Valley Grande
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.4/10. 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 Valley Grande, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Dallas County average of 5.5 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 22 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2009.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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Highest-risk tracts in Valley Grande
Top eight tracts in Valley Grande ranked by composite eviction-risk score.