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

Brookmeade Eviction Risk: Lower , Decatur

Tract 01103000300 · Morgan County, AL · pop 3,428 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

01103000300 is a census tract in the Brookmeade area of Decatur, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,428. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 29% Owners 63%

Tract context

Occupied units1,559

Renter share36.9%

SVI overall0.49

Poverty rate7.8%

Median income$56,528

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Decatur and the region

Centroid at 34.5713, -86.9706 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookmeade scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

7.8% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$785 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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: 49

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

47%Socioeconomic
89%Household composition
36%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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)

221Total filings over 12 yrs
3.25%Avg annual filing rate
6.4%Peak (2014)
20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2016

Filings climbed 100% over the past 12 months.

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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
15.6%Food insecurity
10.1%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
10.6%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
35.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brookmeade

Cost burden runs about one in five here against 32.5% across Morgan County. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 221 eviction filings across 12 observed years. At $785 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Decatur commands.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 5.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $56,528, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Morgan County average of 3.5 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01103000300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103000300?

Census tract 01103000300 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01103000300?

Median gross rent is $785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01103000300?

7.8% of residents in tract 01103000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,428.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01103000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 89th, minority 36th, housing 24th.

Is tract 01103000300 considered part of Brookmeade?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01103000300 fall within Brookmeade (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103000300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 221 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.25% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01103000300 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01103000300 compare to Decatur overall?

Tract 01103000300 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org