Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01103005103 · Morgan County, AL · pop 896 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Decatur
Census tract 01103005103 runs through Decatur. With 896 residents, it scores 3.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,125 monthly, set against $65,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units300
Renter share11.0%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$65,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 34.5168, -86.9711 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur scores 3.2
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
7.2
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: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 32Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2016)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 600% 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.2/10. 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 Decatur eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Morgan County average of 4.1 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.7% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 01103005103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103005103?
Census tract 01103005103 in Decatur scores 3.2/10 (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 01103005103?
Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01103005103?
5.5% of residents in tract 01103005103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 896.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01103005103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 49th, minority 43th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103005103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103005103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.34% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01103005103 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01103005103 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 01103005103 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Decatur at 2.5/10. 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
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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01103000100
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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01103000700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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01103000900
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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01103000800
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103001000
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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