Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Cottonwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01069042000 · Houston County, AL · pop 5,338 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Cottonwood
Cottonwood in Houston County is where census tract 01069042000 sits, home to 5,338 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $825 monthly, set against $46,875 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,197
Renter share22.3%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$46,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cottonwood and the region
Centroid at 31.0705, -85.3000 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cottonwood scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cottonwood
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$825 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cottonwood
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cottonwood
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cottonwood
5.9
How Cottonwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 62Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2002)
- 7Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% 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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.1%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cottonwood
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Cottonwood, 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 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 70th 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 01069042000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01069042000?
Census tract 01069042000 in Cottonwood scores 4.7/10 (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 01069042000?
Median gross rent is $825/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01069042000?
20.3% of residents in tract 01069042000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,338.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01069042000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 77th, minority 32th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01069042000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01069042000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.68% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01069042000 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01069042000 compare to Cottonwood overall?
Tract 01069042000 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Cottonwood at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cottonwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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