Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Auburn Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01081040502 · Lee County, AL · pop 5,538 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Auburn

For landlords sizing up Auburn, census tract 01081040502 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It lands near the 9th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $985 monthly, set against $48,710 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 36% Owners 46%

Tract context

Occupied units2,354

Renter share54.7%

SVI overall0.56

Poverty rate13.8%

Median income$48,710

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn and the region

Centroid at 32.5359, -85.5092 · click any tract to drill in

Why Auburn scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

13.8% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$985 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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: 56

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

52%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
60%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.

10.5%Housing insecurity
6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
12.9%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
6.7%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
26.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Auburn

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 3.5/10. 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 Auburn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lee County average of 4.4 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 56th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 01081040502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081040502?

Census tract 01081040502 in Auburn scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01081040502?

Median gross rent is $985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081040502?

13.8% of residents in tract 01081040502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,538.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081040502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 49th, minority 52th, housing 60th.

What share of households in tract 01081040502 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081040502 compare to Auburn overall?

Tract 01081040502 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Auburn at 2.5/10. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Auburn

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