Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 01065040300 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01065040300 ·
Hale County, AL · pop 2,247
Eviction risk in Hale centers on tract 01065040300, which scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 2,247 residents. That is riskier than about 9% of US census tracts.
12% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%Stable renters 19%Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units839
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate39.4%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within county
67th percentile
#3 of 7 tracts In Hale County
Elevated
Within state
92th percentile
#122 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
National
83th percentile
#14,316 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hale County and the region
Centroid at 32.7356, -87.7414 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 01065040300 scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
39.4% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 01065040300 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
64%Socioeconomic
74%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
67%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)
25Total filings over 12 yrs
2.07%Avg annual filing rate
3.7%Peak (2007)
2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2018
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 19 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
29.7%Housing insecurity
22.8%Utility-shutoff threat
42.6%Food insecurity
39.1%SNAP enrollment
20.4%Transit barriers
14.3%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
47.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 01065040300
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10. 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 set by Alabama eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Hale County average of 3.9 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 73rd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% 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 01065040300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01065040300?
Census tract 01065040300 in Hale County scores 5.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01065040300?
39.4% of residents in tract 01065040300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,247.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01065040300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 74th, minority 70th, housing 67th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01065040300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01065040300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.07% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01065040300 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.7% 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. 22.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.