Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

South Gate Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntsville

Tract 01089002911 · Madison County, AL · pop 4,338 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 01089002911 in the South Gate area of Huntsville, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 10% here against 39.4% across Madison County.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 3% Owners 97%

Tract context

Occupied units1,864

Renter share3.4%

SVI overall0.16

Poverty rate3.3%

Median income$90,714

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Huntsville and the region

Centroid at 34.6366, -86.5526 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Gate 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

3.3% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,130 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 South Gate compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

24%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
25%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)

43Total filings over 13 yrs
2.47%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak (2005)
1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 13 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Gate. 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.

6.4%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
8.0%Food insecurity
4.8%SNAP enrollment
5.0%Transit barriers
6.1%No health insurance
13.4%Frequent mental distress
29.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Gate

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.8% against 15.2% nationally. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 13 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 6.4% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Madison County average of 3.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.

The worst year on record was 2005, when 4.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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 01089002911

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089002911?

Census tract 01089002911 in the South Gate 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01089002911?

Median gross rent is $1,130/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01089002911?

3.3% of residents in tract 01089002911 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,338.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01089002911?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 16th, minority 19th, housing 25th.

Is tract 01089002911 considered part of South Gate?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01089002911 fall within South Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089002911?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089002911 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.47% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01089002911 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01089002911 compare to Huntsville overall?

Tract 01089002911 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