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Park Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Scottsboro

Tract 01071950800 · Jackson County, AL · pop 4,199 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Tract 01071950800 covers the Park Place neighborhood of Scottsboro in Alabama. Home to 4,199 residents, it scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $742 a month while the average household earns $46,071 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 27% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,552
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate26.6%
Median income$46,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Park Place
Very High
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Scottsboro
High
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 16 tracts In Jackson County
High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#202 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Scottsboro and the region

Centroid at 34.6634, -86.0359 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park Place scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Scottsboro
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
26.6% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$742 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scottsboro
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scottsboro
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scottsboro
6.5

How Park Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Park Place risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 950800Scottsboro: 2.12.1Scottsboroparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 165Total filings over 16 yrs
  • 1.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2003)
  • 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010719508002001: 15 filings (1.99/100 renter HHs)2002: 13 filings (1.73/100 renter HHs)2003: 20 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2004: 11 filings (1.46/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (0.66/100 renter HHs)2007: 11 filings (1.46/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)2009: 4 filings (0.53/100 renter HHs)2010: 6 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (1.29/100 renter HHs)2012: 12 filings (1.41/100 renter HHs)2013: 9 filings (1.06/100 renter HHs)2014: 8 filings (0.94/100 renter HHs)2015: 9 filings (1.06/100 renter HHs)2016: 15 filings (1.96/100 renter HHs)2017: 9 filings (1.17/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 16 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Park Place. 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 Park Place

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength 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 Scottsboro eviction risk, 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 165 eviction filings here over 16 tracked years, with about 1.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2003.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 91st 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01071950800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01071950800?

Census tract 01071950800 in the Park Place neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 01071950800?

Median gross rent is $742/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01071950800?

26.6% of residents in tract 01071950800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,199.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01071950800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 93th, minority 18th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 01071950800 considered part of Park Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01071950800 fall within Park Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01071950800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 165 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 01071950800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.32% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01071950800 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01071950800 compare to Scottsboro overall?

Tract 01071950800 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Scottsboro at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scottsboro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Scottsboro

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

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