Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Ardmore Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01083020103 · Limestone County, AL · pop 2,887 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Ardmore
The Moderate-tier score of 4.1/10 for census tract 01083020103 reflects conditions in Ardmore, Alabama. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $725 a month against an average household income of $66,696 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,297
Renter share27.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$66,696
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ardmore and the region
Centroid at 34.9744, -86.8348 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ardmore scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ardmore
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$725 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ardmore
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ardmore
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ardmore
5.6
How Ardmore compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 36.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ardmore
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Ardmore, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Limestone County average of 3.9 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01083020103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020103?
Census tract 01083020103 in Ardmore scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01083020103?
Median gross rent is $725/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01083020103?
13.8% of residents in tract 01083020103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,887.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 18th, minority 22th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01083020103 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01083020103 compare to Ardmore overall?
Tract 01083020103 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Ardmore at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ardmore; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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