Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally

Opelika Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01081041200 · Lee County, AL · pop 5,482 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Opelika

Here is how census tract 01081041200, in Opelika eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 3.9/10 eviction-risk score (Lower tier) across a population of 5,482. That is riskier than roughly 11% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,207 a month against an average household income of $100,990 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

2.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 8% Owners 90%

Tract context

Occupied units2,213

Renter share9.4%

SVI overall0.35

Poverty rate5.1%

Median income$100,990

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Opelika and the region

Centroid at 32.7025, -85.3855 · click any tract to drill in

Why Opelika scores 2.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Opelika

4.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

5.1% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$1,207 rent vs county FMR

5.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Opelika

6.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Opelika

6.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Opelika

6.6

How Opelika 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.

32%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
37%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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
6.3%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
14.4%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Opelika

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.7/10. 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 Opelika 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 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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.

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 01081041200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081041200?

Census tract 01081041200 in Opelika scores 2.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01081041200?

Median gross rent is $1,207/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081041200?

5.1% of residents in tract 01081041200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,482.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081041200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 50th, minority 38th, housing 37th.

What share of households in tract 01081041200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081041200 compare to Opelika overall?

Tract 01081041200 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Opelika at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Opelika eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Opelika

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