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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Maxwell Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Montgomery

Tract 01101001100 · Montgomery County, AL · pop 2,509 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.5/10 for census tract 01101001100 reflects conditions in Maxwell Heights in Montgomery, Alabama. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.

42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $693 monthly, set against $28,256 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 30% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,134
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate29.8%
Median income$28,256

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Maxwell Heights
Very High
Within parent city
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 63 tracts In Montgomery
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 71 tracts In Montgomery County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#122 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Montgomery and the region

Centroid at 32.3614, -86.3289 · click any tract to drill in

Why Maxwell Heights scores 5.8

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
29.8% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$693 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 5.85.8This tracttract 001100Montgomery: 2.82.8Montgomeryparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 482Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 6.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.7%Peak (2007)
  • 58Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011010011002001: 47 filings (5.34/100 renter HHs)2002: 53 filings (6.02/100 renter HHs)2006: 61 filings (6.96/100 renter HHs)2007: 67 filings (7.65/100 renter HHs)2008: 51 filings (5.82/100 renter HHs)2009: 26 filings (2.97/100 renter HHs)2013: 62 filings (7.34/100 renter HHs)2014: 57 filings (6.75/100 renter HHs)2016: 58 filings (8.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 23% 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 heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.5/10. 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 about the same as 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 31.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 24.8% 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 74% 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 01101001100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01101001100?

Census tract 01101001100 in the Maxwell Heights neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 01101001100?

Median gross rent is $693/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01101001100?

29.8% of residents in tract 01101001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,509.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01101001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 67th, minority 99th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 01101001100 considered part of Maxwell Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01101001100 fall within Maxwell Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01101001100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 482 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 01101001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.37% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01101001100 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.9% 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. 24.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01101001100 compare to Montgomery overall?

Tract 01101001100 scores 5.8/10, 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 01101001100 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. 74% 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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