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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Florence

Tract 01077011102 · Lauderdale County, AL · pop 4,242 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

01077011102 is a census tract in the Forest Hills area of Florence, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Lauderdale County average of 33.3%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 29% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,998
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$63,462

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Forest Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 15 tracts In Florence
Very Low
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 26 tracts In Lauderdale County
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#968 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Florence and the region

Centroid at 34.8553, -87.6853 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Hills scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Florence
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$729 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Florence
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Florence
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Florence
2.5

How Forest Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0111023.4Florenceparent city3.7Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 87Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2002)
  • 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01077011102
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
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 Forest Hills

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 87 eviction filings across 10 observed years. SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally.

Against the Lauderdale County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Average gross rent is $729, 11% below the Florence average.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 4.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 01077011102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01077011102?

Census tract 01077011102 in the Forest Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 01077011102?

Median gross rent is $729/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01077011102?

5.6% of residents in tract 01077011102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,242.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01077011102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 12th, minority 25th, housing 18th.
Q5

Is tract 01077011102 considered part of Forest Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01077011102 fall within Forest Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01077011102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 87 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01077011102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.51% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01077011102 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01077011102 compare to Florence overall?

Tract 01077011102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Florence at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Florence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Florence

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

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