Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Auburn Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01081042104 · Lee County, AL · pop 6,936 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Auburn

How risky is Auburn for landlords? Census tract 01081042104 scores 2.7/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than roughly 1% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 10% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $486 a month against an average household income of $72,548 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 8% Owners 91%

Tract context

Occupied units2,309

Renter share9.1%

SVI overall0.46

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$72,548

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn and the region

Centroid at 32.5341, -85.3269 · click any tract to drill in

Why Auburn scores 3.6

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

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$486 rent vs county FMR

1.0

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: 46

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

23%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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.

9.5%Housing insecurity
6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
29.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Auburn

The score leans hardest on 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 well 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 46th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% 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 01081042104

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01081042104?

Census tract 01081042104 in Auburn scores 3.6/10 (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 01081042104?

Median gross rent is $486/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01081042104?

5.4% of residents in tract 01081042104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,936.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01081042104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 58th, minority 42th, housing 73th.

What share of households in tract 01081042104 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.5% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01081042104 compare to Auburn overall?

Tract 01081042104 scores 3.6/10, 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.