Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Brookmeade Eviction Risk: Lower , Decatur
Tract 01103000200 · Morgan County, AL · pop 3,645 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 01103000200 sits in the Brookmeade area of Decatur eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,645 residents. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,486
Renter share6.3%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$88,196
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 34.5780, -86.9406 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookmeade scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Decatur
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.5
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,569 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
2.5
How Brookmeade compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%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)
- 50Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2006)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Brookmeade. 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 4.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookmeade
Average gross rent is $1,569, 75% above the Decatur average. The voucher gap is 70.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Morgan County average of 32.5%.
SNAP participation runs 4.1% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 50 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 4.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01103000200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103000200?
Census tract 01103000200 in the Brookmeade 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 01103000200?
Median gross rent is $1,569/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01103000200?
2.3% of residents in tract 01103000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,645.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01103000200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 17th, minority 18th, housing 2th.
Q5
Is tract 01103000200 considered part of Brookmeade?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01103000200 fall within Brookmeade (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103000200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01103000200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.75% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01103000200 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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 01103000200 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 01103000200 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Decatur at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Decatur
Top eight tracts in Decatur ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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01103000100
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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01103000600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000700
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000900
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000800
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000400
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103001000
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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