Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Highland Lakes Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030216 · Shelby County, AL · pop 8,297 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Highland Lakes
Eviction risk in Highland Lakes centers on tract 01117030216, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 8,297 residents. On the national scale it ranks #73,461 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,409 monthly, set against $135,779 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units3,192
Renter share16.5%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$135,779
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
1
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highland Lakes and the region
Centroid at 33.4007, -86.6504 · click any tract to drill in
Why Highland Lakes scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Highland Lakes
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Lakes
1.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Lakes
1.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Lakes
1.1
How Highland Lakes 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
- 14%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 140Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2014)
- 18Filings 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.7%Food insecurity
- 4.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Highland Lakes
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.1/10. 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 Highland Lakes, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01117030216
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030216?
Census tract 01117030216 in Highland Lakes scores 1.2/10 (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 01117030216?
Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030216?
5.3% of residents in tract 01117030216 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,297.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030216?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 14th, minority 23th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030216?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030216 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.33% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030216 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030216 compare to Highland Lakes overall?
Tract 01117030216 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Highland Lakes at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Lakes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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