Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally

Athens Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01083020806 · Limestone County, AL · pop 3,889 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Athens

The Lower-tier score of 3.3/10 for census tract 01083020806 reflects conditions in Athens in Limestone County, Alabama. It lands near the 4th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 7% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $96,250 a year. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.6

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 7% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units1,611

Renter share7.9%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate6.3%

Median income$96,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Athens and the region

Centroid at 34.8202, -86.8822 · click any tract to drill in

Why Athens scores 2.6

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

6.3% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

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 Athens compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

28%Socioeconomic
28%Household composition
21%Racial/ethnic minority
6%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.

7.9%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
10.1%Food insecurity
6.1%SNAP enrollment
5.7%Transit barriers
6.8%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Athens

What moves this score most 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 below 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 12th 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 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% 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 01083020806

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020806?

Census tract 01083020806 in Athens scores 2.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01083020806?

6.3% of residents in tract 01083020806 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,889.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020806?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 28th, minority 21th, housing 6th.

What share of households in tract 01083020806 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01083020806 compare to Athens overall?

Tract 01083020806 scores 2.6/10, 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.