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Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Alabaster Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01117030319 · Shelby County, AL · pop 2,770 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Alabaster

With a score of 4/10, tract 01117030319 in Alabaster, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,770. Cost burden runs 52% here against 40.0% across Shelby County.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 16% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units825
Renter share33.1%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$84,028

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 10 tracts In Alabaster
High
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 55 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#612 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Alabaster and the region

Centroid at 33.2535, -86.8084 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alabaster scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Alabaster
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,209 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alabaster
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alabaster
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alabaster
5.1

How Alabaster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alabaster risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0303193.4Alabasterparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 39Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2006)
  • 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01117030319
Filings climbed 133% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Alabaster

Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 39 evictions over 7 years of observation.

8% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Average gross rent is $1,209, 12% below the Alabaster average. The worst year on record was 2006, when 2.5% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.

Against average income of $84,028, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Shelby County average of 3.8 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01117030319

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030319?

Census tract 01117030319 in Alabaster scores 4/10 (Moderate 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 01117030319?

Median gross rent is $1,209/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030319?

9.5% of residents in tract 01117030319 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,770.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030319?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 80th, minority 61th, housing 97th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030319?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030319 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.34% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01117030319 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.5% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01117030319 compare to Alabaster overall?

Tract 01117030319 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Alabaster at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alabaster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Alabaster

Top eight tracts in Alabaster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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