Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01089000302 ·
Madison County, AL · pop 4,360
Tract 01089000302 sits in Huntsville eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 4,360 residents. 55% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%Stable renters 6%Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,569
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate36.1%
Median income$34,112
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
83th percentile
#13 of 70 tracts In Huntsville
High
Within county
85th percentile
#15 of 95 tracts In Madison County
High
Within state
79th percentile
#308 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
National
58th percentile
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Huntsville and the region
Centroid at 34.7823, -86.6077 · click any tract to drill in
Why Huntsville scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Huntsville
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
36.1% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,136 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Huntsville
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Huntsville
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Huntsville
2.5
How Huntsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
94%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
31.6%Housing insecurity
25.1%Utility-shutoff threat
45.4%Food insecurity
43.8%SNAP enrollment
22.5%Transit barriers
17.0%No health insurance
21.0%Frequent mental distress
48.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Huntsville
80% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Madison County average of 39.4%. SNAP participation runs 43.8% against 15.2% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income of $34,112, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.6% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Madison County average of 3.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 521 filings here across 13 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 9.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01089000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089000302?
Census tract 01089000302 in Huntsville scores 4.8/10 (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 01089000302?
Median gross rent is $1,136/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01089000302?
36.1% of residents in tract 01089000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,360.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01089000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 98th, minority 93th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089000302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 521 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089000302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.30% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01089000302 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.6% 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. 25.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01089000302 compare to Huntsville overall?
Tract 01089000302 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Huntsville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Huntsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Huntsville
Top eight tracts in Huntsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.