Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
South Gate Eviction Risk: Lower , Huntsville
Tract 01089002922 · Madison County, AL · pop 3,768 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Census tract 01089002922 covers part of the South Gate area of Huntsville, AL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,768 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in four here against 39.4% across Madison County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,739
Renter share10.1%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$113,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Huntsville and the region
Centroid at 34.6127, -86.5329 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Gate 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
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,447 rent vs county FMR
6.6
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: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 33Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2007)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Gate
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,447, 24% above the Huntsville average.
SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally. The voucher gap is 16.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 filings here across 13 tracked years.
Housing insecurity runs 6.0% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Madison County average of 3.7. The worst year on record was 2007, when 2.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 01089002922
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01089002922?
Census tract 01089002922 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01089002922?
Median gross rent is $1,447/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01089002922?
7.3% of residents in tract 01089002922 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,768.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01089002922?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 33th, minority 18th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 01089002922 considered part of South Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01089002922 fall within South Gate (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01089002922?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 01089002922 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.74% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01089002922 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 01089002922 compare to Huntsville overall?
Tract 01089002922 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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