Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Langston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01071951102 · Jackson County, AL · pop 2,401 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Langston
In Langston, census tract 01071951102 scores 4.4/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 21% of US census tracts.
33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $732 a month against an average household income of $47,961 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,031
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$47,961
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Langston and the region
Centroid at 34.5292, -86.0299 · click any tract to drill in
Why Langston scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Langston
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
1.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$732 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Langston
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Langston
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Langston
9.2
How Langston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.9%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 43.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Langston
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Langston, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th 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 01071951102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01071951102?
Census tract 01071951102 in Langston scores 4.6/10 (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 01071951102?
Median gross rent is $732/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01071951102?
12.8% of residents in tract 01071951102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,401.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01071951102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 44th, minority 10th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01071951102 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01071951102 compare to Langston overall?
Tract 01071951102 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Langston at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Langston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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