Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Athens Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01083020900 · Limestone County, AL · pop 4,293
Tract 01083020900, home to 4,293 residents in Athens, scores 3.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 20% of renter households, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $807 monthly, set against $78,397 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,883
Renter share41.2%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$78,397
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Athens and the region
Centroid at 34.7888, -86.9502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Athens scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$807 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 142Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2012)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 367% 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Athens
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 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 142 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th 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.
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 01083020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01083020900?
Census tract 01083020900 in Athens scores 3/10 (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 01083020900?
Median gross rent is $807/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01083020900?
7.3% of residents in tract 01083020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,293.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01083020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 43th, minority 38th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01083020900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01083020900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.98% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01083020900 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01083020900 compare to Athens overall?
Tract 01083020900 scores 3/10, 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.
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