Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally

Opelika Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01081041701 · Lee County, AL · pop 3,187 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Opelika

Tract 01081041701, home to 3,187 residents in Opelika in Lee County, scores 3.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 11% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,097 monthly, set against $87,963 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 13% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units1,239

Renter share16.6%

SVI overall0.33

Poverty rate4.1%

Median income$87,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Opelika and the region

Centroid at 32.5853, -85.3973 · click any tract to drill in

Why Opelika scores 3.2

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

4.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,097 rent vs county FMR

4.4

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: 33

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

34%Socioeconomic
88%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
5%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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
14.4%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
7.6%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
28.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Opelika

The heaviest input here 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.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 33rd 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 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 01081041701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081041701?

Census tract 01081041701 in Opelika scores 3.2/10 (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 01081041701?

Median gross rent is $1,097/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081041701?

4.1% of residents in tract 01081041701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,187.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081041701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 88th, minority 66th, housing 5th.

What share of households in tract 01081041701 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081041701 compare to Opelika overall?

Tract 01081041701 scores 3.2/10, 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.