Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Selmont-West Selmont Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01047957301 · Dallas County, AL · pop 2,299 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Selmont-West Selmont
Census tract 01047957301 covers part of Selmont-West Selmont, AL, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,299. Severe burden reaches 54%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units834
Renter share45.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate44.1%
Median income$30,079
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Selmont-West Selmont and the region
Centroid at 32.3418, -86.9865 · click any tract to drill in
Why Selmont-West Selmont scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Selmont-West Selmont
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
44.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Selmont-West Selmont
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Selmont-West Selmont
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Selmont-West Selmont
7.2
How Selmont-West Selmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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.
- 36.0%Housing insecurity
- 29.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 51.7%Food insecurity
- 51.9%SNAP enrollment
- 24.8%Transit barriers
- 15.7%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 49.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Selmont-West Selmont
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. At $887 a month, rents run 80% over what the rest of Selmont-West Selmont commands. SNAP participation runs 51.9% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against Dallas County at 46.7%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 29.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Set annual rent against average income of $30,079 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Against the Dallas County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01047957301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01047957301?
Census tract 01047957301 in Selmont-West Selmont scores 4.1/10 (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 01047957301?
Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01047957301?
44.1% of residents in tract 01047957301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,299.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01047957301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 68th, minority 97th, housing 29th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01047957301 struggle to pay rent?
About 36.0% 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. 29.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01047957301 compare to Selmont-West Selmont overall?
Tract 01047957301 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Selmont-West Selmont at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Selmont-West Selmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Selmont-West Selmont
Top eight tracts in Selmont-West Selmont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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