Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Hueytown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073010002 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,562 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Hueytown
Census tract 01073010002 belongs to Hueytown in Jefferson County, Alabama. It is home to 5,562 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,442 monthly, set against $77,286 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,936
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$77,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hueytown and the region
Centroid at 33.4255, -86.9915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hueytown scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hueytown
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,442 rent vs county FMR
6.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hueytown
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hueytown
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hueytown
6.8
How Hueytown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 92Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2015)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 333% over the past 11 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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 13.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hueytown
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.8/10. 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 Hueytown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 49th 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 01073010002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010002?
Census tract 01073010002 in Hueytown scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 01073010002?
Median gross rent is $1,442/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010002?
8.2% of residents in tract 01073010002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,562.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 77th, minority 67th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.91% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010002 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010002 compare to Hueytown overall?
Tract 01073010002 scores 3.4/10, higher than the parent city of Hueytown at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hueytown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hueytown
Top eight tracts in Hueytown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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