Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally

Woodford Eviction Risk: Lower , Hoover

Tract 01117030346 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,142 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

In the Woodford area of Hoover, census tract 01117030346 scores 3.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 6% of US census tracts.

About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $737 a month against an average household income of $92,147 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.

Risk score

1.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 3% Owners 95%

Tract context

Occupied units1,935

Renter share4.8%

SVI overall0.02

Poverty rate3.9%

Median income$92,147

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoover and the region

Centroid at 33.4018, -86.7314 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodford scores 1.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Hoover

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.0

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

3.9% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$737 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Hoover

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Hoover

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Hoover

2.0

How Woodford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

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

1%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
12%Racial/ethnic minority
7%Housing & transportation

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.

4.7%Housing insecurity
3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
5.6%Food insecurity
3.0%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
4.1%No health insurance
11.5%Frequent mental distress
24.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodford

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 2.5/10. 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 Hoover eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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 4.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd 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 01117030346

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030346?

Census tract 01117030346 in the Woodford neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01117030346?

Median gross rent is $737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030346?

3.9% of residents in tract 01117030346 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,142.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030346?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 16th, minority 12th, housing 7th.

Is tract 01117030346 considered part of Woodford?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01117030346 fall within Woodford (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01117030346 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01117030346 compare to Hoover overall?

Tract 01117030346 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Hoover at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoover eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hoover

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