Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Huntsville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01089001901 · Madison County, AL · pop 3,300 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Huntsville
With a score of 3/10, tract 01089001901 in Huntsville, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,300. 38% 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
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,515
Renter share7.9%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$149,036
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Huntsville and the region
Centroid at 34.7096, -86.5509 · click any tract to drill in
Why Huntsville scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,462 rent vs county FMR
6.7
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: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 16Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2007)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 4.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.6%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 10.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Huntsville
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,462, 25% above the Huntsville average. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Food insecurity runs 4.6% against 17.8% nationally. The voucher gap is 17.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Madison County average of 3.7.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 15.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01089001901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089001901?
Census tract 01089001901 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01089001901?
Median gross rent is $1,462/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01089001901?
2.1% of residents in tract 01089001901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,300.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01089001901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 40th, minority 23th, housing 3th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089001901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01089001901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.82% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01089001901 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.0% 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. 2.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01089001901 compare to Huntsville overall?
Tract 01089001901 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.
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