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Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Maxwell Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Montgomery

Tract 01101001000 · Montgomery County, AL · pop 993 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 01101001000 covers Maxwell Heights in Montgomery, home to 993 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #25,227 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $676 a month against an average household income of $32,336 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 44% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units401
Renter share74.8%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate55.5%
Median income$32,336

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Maxwell Heights
Very Low
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 63 tracts In Montgomery
Elevated
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#21 of 71 tracts In Montgomery County
Elevated
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#270 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Montgomery and the region

Centroid at 32.3686, -86.3398 · click any tract to drill in

Why Maxwell Heights scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Montgomery
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
55.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$676 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Montgomery
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Montgomery
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Montgomery
3.0

How Maxwell Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Maxwell Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 001000Montgomery: 2.82.8Montgomeryparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 295Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 6.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.7%Peak (2016)
  • 50Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011010010002001: 37 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)2002: 36 filings (2.82/100 renter HHs)2006: 32 filings (6.39/100 renter HHs)2007: 27 filings (5.39/100 renter HHs)2008: 18 filings (3.59/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (3.19/100 renter HHs)2013: 34 filings (10.06/100 renter HHs)2014: 45 filings (13.31/100 renter HHs)2016: 50 filings (11.74/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 35% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Maxwell Heights. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Maxwell Heights

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Montgomery eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 41.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 33.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 34% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01101001000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01101001000?

Census tract 01101001000 in the Maxwell Heights neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 01101001000?

Median gross rent is $676/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01101001000?

55.5% of residents in tract 01101001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 993.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01101001000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 87th, minority 91th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 01101001000 considered part of Maxwell Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01101001000 fall within Maxwell Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01101001000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 295 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01101001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.60% of renter households, peaking at 11.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01101001000 struggle to pay rent?

About 41.3% 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. 33.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01101001000 compare to Montgomery overall?

Tract 01101001000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Montgomery at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montgomery eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 01101001000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 34% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Montgomery

Top eight tracts in Montgomery ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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