Phenix City Eviction Risk: Lower

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 183 filings here across 9 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points below the Russell County average of 3.7. Filings peaked in 2016 at 8.2% of renter households.

In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.