Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Decatur Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01103005105 · Morgan County, AL · pop 2,134 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Decatur
How risky is Decatur for landlords? Census tract 01103005105 scores 3.4/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 5% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $94,408 a year. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units987
Renter share2.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$94,408
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Decatur and the region
Centroid at 34.5304, -87.0091 · click any tract to drill in
Why Decatur scores 2.5
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
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Decatur compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 72Total filings over 12 yrs
- 11.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.9%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Decatur
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 11.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.9% of renter households in 2015.
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 01103005105
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01103005105?
Census tract 01103005105 in Decatur scores 2.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01103005105?
1.9% of residents in tract 01103005105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,134.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01103005105?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 45th, minority 10th, housing 7th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01103005105?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 01103005105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.67% of renter households, peaking at 20.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01103005105 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01103005105 compare to Decatur overall?
Tract 01103005105 scores 2.5/10, right in line with 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
Tract · AL
01103000700
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000900
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
01103000800
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Bayside
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103000400
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01103001000
3.8
/ 10 · Low
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