Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Whitesboro Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01055011001 · Etowah County, AL · pop 4,570 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Whitesboro
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01055011001 (Whitesboro, Alabama) comes in at 4.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 17% of US census tracts.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $892 a month against an average household income of $62,234 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,648
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$62,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitesboro and the region
Centroid at 34.1537, -86.0783 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitesboro scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitesboro
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$892 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitesboro
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitesboro
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitesboro
3.4
How Whitesboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 89Total filings over 16 yrs
- 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitesboro
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.2/10. 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 Whitesboro, 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 in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 89 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01055011001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055011001?
Census tract 01055011001 in Whitesboro scores 3.2/10 (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 01055011001?
Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055011001?
11.1% of residents in tract 01055011001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,570.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055011001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 32th, minority 5th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055011001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055011001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.23% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055011001 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055011001 compare to Whitesboro overall?
Tract 01055011001 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Whitesboro at 1.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitesboro; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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