Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Attalla Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055010201 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,246 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Attalla
In Attalla, census tract 01055010201 scores 5.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $613 a month against an average household income of $50,982 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$50,982
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Attalla and the region
Centroid at 34.0072, -86.0924 · click any tract to drill in
Why Attalla scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Attalla
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$613 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Attalla
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Attalla
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Attalla
5.7
How Attalla compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.4%Food insecurity
- 17.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.5%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 42.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Attalla
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 5.7/10. 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 Attalla, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 61st 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.9% 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 01055010201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055010201?
Census tract 01055010201 in Attalla scores 4.5/10 (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 01055010201?
Median gross rent is $613/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055010201?
20.3% of residents in tract 01055010201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,246.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055010201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 56th, minority 35th, housing 81th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01055010201 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01055010201 compare to Attalla overall?
Tract 01055010201 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Attalla at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Attalla; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Attalla
Top eight tracts in Attalla ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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