Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Auburn Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01081040607 · Lee County, AL · pop 1,229 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Auburn

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01081040607 (Auburn, Alabama) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 13% of US census tracts.

About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $823 a month while the average household earns $46,714 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 31% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units581

Renter share43.9%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate28.4%

Median income$46,714

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn and the region

Centroid at 32.5578, -85.5329 · click any tract to drill in

Why Auburn scores 5.6

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

28.4% poverty · this tract

7.1

Supply constraint

$823 rent vs county FMR

2.0

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: 35

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

73%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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.

18.3%Housing insecurity
12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
26.4%Food insecurity
19.4%SNAP enrollment
14.8%Transit barriers
14.2%No health insurance
21.7%Frequent mental distress
37.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Auburn

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 18.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01081040607

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081040607?

Census tract 01081040607 in Auburn scores 5.6/10 (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 01081040607?

Median gross rent is $823/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081040607?

28.4% of residents in tract 01081040607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,229.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081040607?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 6th, minority 37th, housing 25th.

What share of households in tract 01081040607 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081040607 compare to Auburn overall?

Tract 01081040607 scores 5.6/10, 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.