Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Elkmont Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01083020202 · Limestone County, AL · pop 5,793 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Elkmont
Here is how census tract 01083020202, in Elkmont in Limestone County, looks to a landlord: a 4.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,793. On the national scale it ranks #71,802 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $763 a month against an average household income of $86,211 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,401
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$86,211
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elkmont and the region
Centroid at 34.9326, -86.9770 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elkmont scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elkmont
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$763 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elkmont
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elkmont
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elkmont
6.4
How Elkmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 79Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2007)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 11 months.
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
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 7.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elkmont
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Elkmont, 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 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 79 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2007.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01083020202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020202?
Census tract 01083020202 in Elkmont 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01083020202?
Median gross rent is $763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01083020202?
8.3% of residents in tract 01083020202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,793.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 13th, minority 17th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01083020202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01083020202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.95% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01083020202 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01083020202 compare to Elkmont overall?
Tract 01083020202 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Elkmont at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elkmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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