Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Reece City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01055010900 · Etowah County, AL · pop 2,083 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Reece City
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 01055010900 in Reece City in Etowah County ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,083 residents. On the national scale it ranks #74,861 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $78,952 a year. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units578
Renter share10.4%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$78,952
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Reece City and the region
Centroid at 34.1470, -86.0150 · click any tract to drill in
Why Reece City scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Reece City
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reece City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reece City
1.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reece City
1.8
How Reece City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 37Total filings over 14 yrs
- 3.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2005)
- 2Filings 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Reece City
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Reece City, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 eviction filings here over 14 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2005.
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 01055010900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055010900?
Census tract 01055010900 in Reece City scores 2.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01055010900?
8.3% of residents in tract 01055010900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,083.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055010900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 24th, minority 6th, housing 19th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055010900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 01055010900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.07% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01055010900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01055010900 compare to Reece City overall?
Tract 01055010900 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Reece City at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reece City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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