Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally

Whispering Pines Eviction Risk: Lower , Dothan

Tract 01069040203 · Houston County, AL · pop 3,012 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01069040203 (the Whispering Pines area of Dothan, Alabama) comes in at 3.3/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 4% of US census tracts.

11% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,269 a month against an average household income of $127,083 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 10% Owners 89%

Tract context

Occupied units1,133

Renter share10.7%

SVI overall0.06

Poverty rate0.8%

Median income$127,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dothan and the region

Centroid at 31.2613, -85.4742 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whispering Pines scores 2.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

0.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$2,269 rent vs county FMR

10.0

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 Whispering Pines compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

5%Socioeconomic
14%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
17%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whispering Pines. 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.

6.5%Housing insecurity
4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
7.4%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
13.7%Frequent mental distress
27.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whispering Pines

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 Dothan eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Houston County average of 4.5 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 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 01069040203

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069040203?

Census tract 01069040203 in the Whispering Pines neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01069040203?

Median gross rent is $2,269/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01069040203?

0.8% of residents in tract 01069040203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,012.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01069040203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 14th, minority 33th, housing 17th.

Is tract 01069040203 considered part of Whispering Pines?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01069040203 fall within Whispering Pines (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01069040203 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01069040203 compare to Dothan overall?

Tract 01069040203 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Dothan at 2.5/10. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dothan

Top eight tracts in Dothan ranked by composite eviction-risk score.