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Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Dothan Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01069040900 · Houston County, AL · pop 5,355 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Dothan

In Dothan, census tract 01069040900 scores 3.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 9% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $948 monthly, set against $66,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 19% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,217
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$66,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 19 tracts In Dothan
Moderate
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 26 tracts In Houston County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#807 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,763 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dothan and the region

Centroid at 31.1822, -85.3531 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dothan scores 3.9

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
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$948 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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.
Dothan risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.93.9This tracttract 040900Dothan: 2.52.5Dothanparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

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)

  • 115Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 2.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2013)
  • 10Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2014
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010690409002001: 13 filings (2.97/100 renter HHs)2002: 11 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (2.92/100 renter HHs)2008: 12 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2009: 15 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2010: 10 filings (1.85/100 renter HHs)2013: 16 filings (2.68/100 renter HHs)2014: 10 filings (1.67/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 23% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dothan

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.6/10. 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 115 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2013.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 59th 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.

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 01069040900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069040900?

Census tract 01069040900 in Dothan scores 3.9/10 (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 01069040900?

Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01069040900?

11.9% of residents in tract 01069040900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,355.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01069040900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 75th, minority 55th, housing 51th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069040900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069040900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.67% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01069040900 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01069040900 compare to Dothan overall?

Tract 01069040900 scores 3.9/10, higher 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.

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