Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Lester Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01083020300 · Limestone County, AL · pop 3,747 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Lester
Census tract 01083020300 runs through Lester. With 3,747 residents, it scores 3.8/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #76,166 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $735 a month against an average household income of $84,071 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,215
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$84,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lester and the region
Centroid at 34.9220, -87.1401 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lester scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lester
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$735 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lester
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lester
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lester
1.3
How Lester compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 34Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2001)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 38.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lester
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.7/10. 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 Lester, 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% 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 01083020300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020300?
Census tract 01083020300 in Lester 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01083020300?
Median gross rent is $735/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01083020300?
20.2% of residents in tract 01083020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,747.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 14th, minority 11th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01083020300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01083020300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.72% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01083020300 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01083020300 compare to Lester overall?
Tract 01083020300 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lester at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lester; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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