Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Harpersville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030103 · Shelby County, AL · pop 1,039 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Harpersville
Census tract 01117030103 sits in Harpersville, Alabama eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 2.8/10. It lands near the 1st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $921 a month while the average household earns $74,727 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units394
Renter share10.4%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$74,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harpersville and the region
Centroid at 33.3104, -86.4509 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harpersville scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harpersville
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harpersville
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harpersville
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harpersville
3.2
How Harpersville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 9Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2013)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.3%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harpersville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Harpersville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Shelby County average of 4.3 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 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 01117030103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030103?
Census tract 01117030103 in Harpersville scores 2.3/10 (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 01117030103?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030103?
4.8% of residents in tract 01117030103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 34th, minority 19th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 01117030103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.85% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030103 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030103 compare to Harpersville overall?
Tract 01117030103 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Harpersville at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harpersville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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