Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Cowarts Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01069041901 · Houston County, AL · pop 3,095 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Cowarts
Census tract 01069041901 belongs to Cowarts, Alabama. It is home to 3,095 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $810 a month against an average household income of $54,643 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,132
Renter share28.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$54,643
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cowarts and the region
Centroid at 31.1938, -85.2971 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cowarts scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cowarts
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$810 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cowarts
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cowarts
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cowarts
6.0
How Cowarts compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.2%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cowarts
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cowarts, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Houston County average of 4.5 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01069041901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069041901?
Census tract 01069041901 in Cowarts scores 4.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 01069041901?
Median gross rent is $810/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01069041901?
16.3% of residents in tract 01069041901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01069041901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 77th, minority 34th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01069041901 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01069041901 compare to Cowarts overall?
Tract 01069041901 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Cowarts at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cowarts; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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