Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01089000502 · Madison County, AL · pop 2,015

Tract 01089000502 sits in Huntsville eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 2,015 residents. 67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Madison County average of 39.4%.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 13% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units877

Renter share38.0%

SVI overall0.77

Poverty rate15.3%

Median income$46,470

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7679, -86.6347 · 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

15.3% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$1,304 rent vs county FMR

5.4

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: 77

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

88%Socioeconomic
75%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
31%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)

155Total filings over 13 yrs
4.57%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak (2013)
19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 138% over the past 13 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.

23.3%Housing insecurity
16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
31.6%Food insecurity
26.3%SNAP enrollment
15.6%Transit barriers
13.8%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
41.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $46,470, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 31.6% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 23.3% against 14.2% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 155 evictions over 13 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Average gross rent is $1,304, 11% above the Huntsville average. Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.6% 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 7.9/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01089000502

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089000502?

Census tract 01089000502 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01089000502?

Median gross rent is $1,304/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089000502?

15.3% of residents in tract 01089000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,015.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089000502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 75th, minority 88th, housing 31th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089000502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 155 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.57% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089000502 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.3% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089000502 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089000502 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org