Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Gadsden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055000600 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,340 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Gadsden
Census tract 01055000600 runs through Gadsden. With 2,340 residents, it scores 5.8/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #25,211 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $917 a month while the average household earns $41,163 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units692
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate29.1%
Median income$41,163
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gadsden and the region
Centroid at 34.0158, -86.0610 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gadsden scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gadsden
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
29.1% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$917 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gadsden
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gadsden
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gadsden
7.9
How Gadsden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 213Total filings over 16 yrs
- 5.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2008)
- 12Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 16 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.
- 23.7%Housing insecurity
- 18.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.6%Food insecurity
- 35.3%SNAP enrollment
- 18.5%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 53.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gadsden
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gadsden eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Etowah County average of 4.9 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 213 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.7% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055000600?
Census tract 01055000600 in Gadsden scores 5.4/10 (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 01055000600?
Median gross rent is $917/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055000600?
29.1% of residents in tract 01055000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,340.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 44th, minority 70th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055000600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 213 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055000600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.16% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.7% 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. 18.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055000600 compare to Gadsden overall?
Tract 01055000600 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Gadsden at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gadsden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gadsden
Top eight tracts in Gadsden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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01055000300
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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01055000200
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · AL
01055000900
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · AL
01055001300
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · AL
01055000700
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · AL
01055001000
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01055001700
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01055011200
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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