Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntsville
Tract 01089002721 · Madison County, AL · pop 4,445 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 01089002721 covers part of the Willowbrook area of Huntsville, AL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,445 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,874
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$103,134
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Huntsville and the region
Centroid at 34.6598, -86.5474 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willowbrook 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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,135 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 Willowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 104Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2011)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 13 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Willowbrook. 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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook
Cost burden runs 50% here against 39.4% across Madison County. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 104 evictions over 13 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 6.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01089002721
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089002721?
Census tract 01089002721 in the Willowbrook neighborhood 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 01089002721?
Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01089002721?
8.4% of residents in tract 01089002721 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,445.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01089002721?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 48th, minority 21th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 01089002721 considered part of Willowbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01089002721 fall within Willowbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089002721?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089002721 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.87% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01089002721 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01089002721 compare to Huntsville overall?
Tract 01089002721 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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