Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Hokes Bluff Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01055010602 · Etowah County, AL · pop 3,870 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Hokes Bluff
Tract 01055010602 covers Hokes Bluff in Etowah County in Alabama. Home to 3,870 residents, it scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 7% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 12% of renter households, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $911 monthly, set against $54,167 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,354
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$54,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hokes Bluff and the region
Centroid at 34.0230, -85.8015 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hokes Bluff scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hokes Bluff
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$911 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hokes Bluff
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hokes Bluff
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hokes Bluff
3.6
How Hokes Bluff compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 111Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2007)
- 5Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hokes Bluff
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 4.9/10. 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 Hokes Bluff, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Etowah County average of 4.9 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 111 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.3% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055010602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055010602?
Census tract 01055010602 in Hokes Bluff scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 01055010602?
Median gross rent is $911/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055010602?
11.4% of residents in tract 01055010602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,870.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055010602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 10th, minority 5th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055010602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 111 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055010602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.92% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055010602 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055010602 compare to Hokes Bluff overall?
Tract 01055010602 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hokes Bluff at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hokes Bluff; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hokes Bluff
Top eight tracts in Hokes Bluff ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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