Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dothan Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01069040100 · Houston County, AL · pop 6,063 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Dothan
01069040100 is a census tract in Dothan, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,063. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,060
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$86,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dothan and the region
Centroid at 31.2348, -85.5932 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dothan scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dothan
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$816 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dothan
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dothan
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dothan
2.5
How Dothan compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 79Total filings over 9 yrs
- 3.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2007)
- 11Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 83% over the past 9 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dothan
Cost burden runs 27% here against 38.9% across Houston County. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 0.9 points below the Houston County average of 3.9.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 79 filings here across 9 tracked years. Average gross rent is $816, 15% below the Dothan average. Filings peaked in 2007 at 6.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 4.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $86,071, annual rent is just 11%. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01069040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069040100?
Census tract 01069040100 in Dothan scores 3/10 (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 01069040100?
Median gross rent is $816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01069040100?
9.8% of residents in tract 01069040100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,063.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01069040100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 49th, minority 14th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069040100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069040100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.83% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01069040100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01069040100 compare to Dothan overall?
Tract 01069040100 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dothan at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dothan eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Dothan
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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