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Elm Industrial Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Athens

Tract 01083020700 · Limestone County, AL · pop 2,529 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 01083020700 covers the Elm Industrial Park neighborhood of Athens in Alabama. Home to 2,529 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 30% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $734 a month while the average household earns $41,309 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 66% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 42% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,259
Renter share66.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate29.8%
Median income$41,309

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Elm Industrial Park
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 12 tracts In Athens
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 23 tracts In Limestone County
Very High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#351 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 34.8206, -86.9518 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elm Industrial Park scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Athens
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
29.8% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$734 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Athens
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Athens
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Athens
5.3

How Elm Industrial Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Elm Industrial Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 020700Athens: 2.02.0Athensparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

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)

  • 194Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2008)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010830207002001: 24 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2002: 7 filings (0.98/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2008: 27 filings (3.52/100 renter HHs)2009: 23 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2011: 19 filings (2.35/100 renter HHs)2012: 26 filings (3.21/100 renter HHs)2013: 23 filings (2.84/100 renter HHs)2014: 10 filings (1.24/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (1.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Elm Industrial Park. 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 Elm Industrial Park

The heaviest input here is 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 Athens eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Limestone County average of 3.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 194 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2008.

In CDC survey modeling, about 18.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01083020700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020700?

Census tract 01083020700 in the Elm Industrial Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 01083020700?

Median gross rent is $734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01083020700?

29.8% of residents in tract 01083020700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,529.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 93th, minority 47th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 01083020700 considered part of Elm Industrial Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01083020700 fall within Elm Industrial Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01083020700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01083020700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.28% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01083020700 struggle to pay rent?

About 18.3% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01083020700 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 01083020700 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Athens at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athens eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Athens

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

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