Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgeport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01071950200 · Jackson County, AL · pop 3,342 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport, census tract 01071950200 scores 4.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 24% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $519 a month against an average household income of $41,374 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,536
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$41,374
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bridgeport and the region
Centroid at 34.9653, -85.7774 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgeport scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bridgeport
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$519 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bridgeport
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bridgeport
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bridgeport
7.9
How Bridgeport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 113Total filings over 16 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 16 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.8%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 48.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgeport
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Bridgeport, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jackson County average of 4.1 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01071950200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01071950200?
Census tract 01071950200 in Bridgeport scores 5.5/10 (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 01071950200?
Median gross rent is $519/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01071950200?
23.5% of residents in tract 01071950200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,342.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01071950200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 84th, minority 29th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01071950200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01071950200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01071950200 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01071950200 compare to Bridgeport overall?
Tract 01071950200 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgeport at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bridgeport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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