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Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Tract 01047957000 Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01047957000 · Dallas County, AL · pop 947

The Moderate-tier score of 4.9/10 for census tract 01047957000 reflects conditions in Dallas in Dallas County, Alabama. On the national scale it ranks #53,266 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 75% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $39,583 a year. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 1% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units430
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$39,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#12 of 17 tracts In Dallas County
Low
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#202 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
National
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#16,850 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dallas County and the region

Centroid at 32.1608, -87.0493 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 01047957000 scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How Tract 01047957000 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tract 01047957000 risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 957000County: 5.95.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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)

  • 2Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 0.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.8%Peak (2009)
  • 1Filings in 2013 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010479570002001: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (0.76/100 renter HHs)2010: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2013: 1 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2016: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 01047957000

What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.3/10. 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 set by Alabama eviction laws law, 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 above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 16.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01047957000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01047957000?

Census tract 01047957000 in Dallas County scores 5.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01047957000?

21.3% of residents in tract 01047957000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 947.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 01047957000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 86th, minority 74th, housing 65th.
Q4

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01047957000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 01047957000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.82% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5

What share of households in tract 01047957000 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.5% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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