Gadsden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055001700 · Etowah County, AL · pop 1,348 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Gadsden
Gadsden in Etowah County anchors census tract 01055001700, which lands at 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $778 monthly, set against $27,847 in average yearly household income, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Gadsden and the region
Centroid at 33.9826, -85.9519 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gadsden scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Gadsden compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 94Total filings over 16 yrs
- 1.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2013)
- 3Filings in 2017 (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.
- 22.1%Housing insecurity
- 17.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.2%Food insecurity
- 31.6%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 50.2%Any disability
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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 69th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 94 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.8% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 01055001700
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Highest-risk tracts in Gadsden
Top eight tracts in Gadsden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.