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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Center Point Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01073011803 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,989 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Center Point

Census tract 01073011803 covers part of Center Point, AL, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,989 residents. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 23% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,532
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$49,632

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Center Point
Very Low
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#282 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Center Point and the region

Centroid at 33.6291, -86.6951 · click any tract to drill in

Why Center Point scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Center Point
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,124 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Center Point
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Center Point
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Center Point
7.9

How Center Point compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Center Point risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0118034.4Center Pointparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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)

  • 537Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 7.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.9%Peak (2014)
  • 52Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01073011803
Filings climbed 117% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Center Point

The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. SNAP participation runs 32.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Housing insecurity runs 28.4% against 14.2% nationally. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Jefferson County average of 46.3%.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 537 evictions over 11 years of observation. It sits 0.6 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073011803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073011803?

Census tract 01073011803 in Center Point scores 4.9/10 (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 01073011803?

Median gross rent is $1,124/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073011803?

13.8% of residents in tract 01073011803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,989.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073011803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 64th, minority 90th, housing 43th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073011803?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 537 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073011803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.16% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01073011803 struggle to pay rent?

About 28.4% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01073011803 compare to Center Point overall?

Tract 01073011803 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Center Point at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Center Point eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Center Point

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

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