Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01103005101 · Morgan County, AL · pop 4,649 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Decatur
01103005101 is a census tract in Decatur, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,649. Against Morgan County at 32.5%, 12% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,803
Renter share15.8%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$82,981
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 34.6107, -87.0640 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur 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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$819 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 195Total filings over 12 yrs
- 5.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2015)
- 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 233% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 10.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 195 filings here across 12 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 8.0% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $819, 9% below the Decatur average.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 16% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $82,981, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01103005101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103005101?
Census tract 01103005101 in Decatur 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 01103005101?
Median gross rent is $819/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01103005101?
15.4% of residents in tract 01103005101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,649.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01103005101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 70th, minority 48th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103005101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 195 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103005101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.61% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01103005101 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01103005101 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 01103005101 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
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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
Bayside
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103001000
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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