Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Huntsville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01089001401 · Madison County, AL · pop 2,645 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Huntsville

Tract 01089001401 sits in Huntsville eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,645 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 22% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,279

Renter share31.6%

SVI overall0.22

Poverty rate4.6%

Median income$107,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.7379, -86.6985 · click any tract to drill in

Why Huntsville scores 3

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

4.6% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$1,601 rent vs county FMR

7.8

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: 22

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

24%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
47%Racial/ethnic minority
53%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)

34Total filings over 11 yrs
1.32%Avg annual filing rate
3.2%Peak (2016)
9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 800% 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.

7.9%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
8.6%Food insecurity
5.0%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
14.7%Frequent mental distress
24.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Huntsville

Average gross rent is $1,601, 37% above the Huntsville average. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.1/10. The voucher gap is 28.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Against Madison County at 39.4%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

SNAP participation runs 5.0% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 filings here across 11 tracked years. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.2% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01089001401

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089001401?

Census tract 01089001401 in Huntsville 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01089001401?

Median gross rent is $1,601/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089001401?

4.6% of residents in tract 01089001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,645.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089001401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 6th, minority 47th, housing 53th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089001401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01089001401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.32% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089001401 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 01089001401 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089001401 scores 3/10, lower 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