Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Brook Highland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030212 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,252 · 41% of tract blocks fall in Brook Highland
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01117030212 (Brook Highland in Shelby County, Alabama) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #50,313 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,411 a month while the average household earns $62,994 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 77% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units2,251
Renter share77.2%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$62,994
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brook Highland and the region
Centroid at 33.4320, -86.6939 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brook Highland scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brook Highland
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,411 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brook Highland
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brook Highland
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brook Highland
4.1
How Brook Highland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 532Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2014)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 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
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brook Highland
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Brook Highland, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Shelby County average of 4.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 532 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.5% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 38th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01117030212
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030212?
Census tract 01117030212 in Brook Highland scores 2.8/10 (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 01117030212?
Median gross rent is $1,411/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030212?
8.4% of residents in tract 01117030212 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,252.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030212?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 4th, minority 66th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030212?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 532 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030212 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.21% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030212 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030212 compare to Brook Highland overall?
Tract 01117030212 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Brook Highland at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brook Highland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brook Highland
Top eight tracts in Brook Highland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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