Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Altoona Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01055011100 · Etowah County, AL · pop 4,784 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Altoona
Census tract 01055011100 runs through Altoona. With 4,784 residents, it scores 4.5/10 for landlords. It lands near the 24th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $573 a month while the average household earns $41,659 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,871
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate26.8%
Median income$41,659
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Altoona and the region
Centroid at 34.0545, -86.2585 · click any tract to drill in
Why Altoona scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Altoona
1.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
26.8% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$573 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Altoona
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Altoona
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Altoona
5.6
How Altoona compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 107Total filings over 16 yrs
- 1.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2007)
- 12Filings 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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.5%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 44.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Altoona
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Altoona, 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 107 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 1.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.2% of renter households in 2007.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% 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 01055011100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01055011100?
Census tract 01055011100 in Altoona scores 5.2/10 (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 01055011100?
Median gross rent is $573/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01055011100?
26.8% of residents in tract 01055011100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,784.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01055011100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 49th, minority 8th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01055011100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 107 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01055011100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.70% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01055011100 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01055011100 compare to Altoona overall?
Tract 01055011100 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Altoona at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Altoona; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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