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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Smiths Station Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01081042006 · Lee County, AL · pop 1,949 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Smiths Station

Tract 01081042006 sits in Smiths Station, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 13% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units670
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$58,295

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Smiths Station
Very High
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 48 tracts In Lee County
Elevated
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#574 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Smiths Station and the region

Centroid at 32.5266, -85.1024 · click any tract to drill in

Why Smiths Station scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Smiths Station
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$970 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smiths Station
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smiths Station
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smiths Station
6.2

How Smiths Station compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Smiths Station risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 0420063.4Smiths Stationparent city3.9Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Smiths Station

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Lee County average of 46.8%. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Smiths Station as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Lee County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $970, close to the Smiths Station average.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $58,295. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01081042006

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081042006?

Census tract 01081042006 in Smiths Station scores 4.1/10 (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 01081042006?

Median gross rent is $970/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081042006?

21.3% of residents in tract 01081042006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,949.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081042006?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 96th, minority 38th, housing 73th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 01081042006 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.5% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 01081042006 compare to Smiths Station overall?

Tract 01081042006 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Smiths Station at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smiths Station; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Smiths Station

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

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