Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Brentwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Dothan

Tract 01069040204 · Houston County, AL · pop 6,517 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

01069040204 is a census tract in the Brentwood area of Dothan, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,517. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 28% Owners 59%

Tract context

Occupied units2,565

Renter share40.7%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate9.1%

Median income$85,129

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Dothan and the region

Centroid at 31.2479, -85.4457 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brentwood scores 3

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

9.1% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$1,069 rent vs county FMR

6.9

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 Brentwood 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.

28%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation

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.

9.0%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
7.5%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
7.2%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
34.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brentwood

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against Houston County at 38.9%, 31% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. The voucher gap is 19.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Against the Houston County average of 3.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,069 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Dothan commands.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10. Against average income of $85,129, annual rent is just 15%.

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 01069040204

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069040204?

Census tract 01069040204 in the Brentwood neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01069040204?

Median gross rent is $1,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01069040204?

9.1% of residents in tract 01069040204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,517.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01069040204?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 49th, minority 40th, housing 48th.

Is tract 01069040204 considered part of Brentwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01069040204 fall within Brentwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01069040204 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.0% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01069040204 compare to Dothan overall?

Tract 01069040204 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dothan

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