Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01103000900 · Morgan County, AL · pop 5,681
01103000900 is a census tract in Decatur, AL. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Morgan County average of 32.5%.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units2,591
Renter share66.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$37,550
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 34.5686, -86.9966 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur scores 4.2
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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$918 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Decatur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 852Total filings over 12 yrs
- 6.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2015)
- 78Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 12 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.3%Food insecurity
- 23.5%SNAP enrollment
- 15.0%Transit barriers
- 20.2%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 45.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 20.2% against 11.3% nationally. Court records carry 852 eviction filings across 12 observed years. SNAP participation runs 23.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Morgan County average of 3.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2015, when 8.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01103000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103000900?
Census tract 01103000900 in Decatur scores 4.2/10 (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 01103000900?
Median gross rent is $918/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01103000900?
15.5% of residents in tract 01103000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,681.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01103000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 99th, minority 67th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 852 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.09% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01103000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01103000900 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 01103000900 scores 4.2/10, higher than 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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01103000600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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01103000700
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000100
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000800
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000400
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
Bayside
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103001000
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103005101
3
/ 10 · Low
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