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Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally

Alabaster Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01117030320 · Shelby County, AL · pop 5,958 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Alabaster

Census tract 01117030320 belongs to Alabaster, Alabama. It is home to 5,958 residents and scores 4.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 24% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,338 a month while the average household earns $101,450 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 5% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,901
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$101,450

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 10 tracts In Alabaster
Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#38 of 55 tracts In Shelby County
Low
Within state
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#1,383 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very Low
National
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#77,226 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Alabaster and the region

Centroid at 33.2598, -86.8413 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alabaster scores 1.7

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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,338 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 / stateThis tract: 1.71.7This tracttract 030320Alabaster: 2.12.1Alabasterparent cityCounty: 2.42.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

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)

  • 26Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 1.39%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2013)
  • 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011170303202001: 2 filings (1.18/100 renter HHs)2002: 1 filings (0.59/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (0.85/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (1.57/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2014: 5 filings (1.57/100 renter HHs)2016: 4 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 100% 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

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Alabaster eviction risk, 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 in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 01117030320

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030320?

Census tract 01117030320 in Alabaster scores 1.7/10 (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 01117030320?

Median gross rent is $1,338/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030320?

2.9% of residents in tract 01117030320 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,958.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030320?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 9th, minority 41th, housing 20th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030320?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030320 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.39% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01117030320 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.2% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01117030320 compare to Alabaster overall?

Tract 01117030320 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Alabaster at 2.1/10. 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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