Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Auburn Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01081040401 · Lee County, AL · pop 2,240 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Auburn
Tract 01081040401 sits in Auburn eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. The severe-burden share is 60%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 65%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 9%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share90.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate51.3%
Median income$23,527
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Auburn and the region
Centroid at 32.5705, -85.4968 · click any tract to drill in
Why Auburn scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Auburn
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
51.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Auburn
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Auburn
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Auburn
2.5
How Auburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.5%Food insecurity
- 24.9%SNAP enrollment
- 18.9%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 25.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Auburn
Against Lee County at 46.8%, 72% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $23,527 and the ratio lands at 54%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 51%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 24.9% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Lee County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01081040401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081040401?
Census tract 01081040401 in Auburn scores 4.8/10 (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 01081040401?
Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01081040401?
51.3% of residents in tract 01081040401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01081040401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 6th, minority 51th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01081040401 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01081040401 compare to Auburn overall?
Tract 01081040401 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Auburn at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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