Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Montevallo Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01117030408 · Shelby County, AL · pop 3,886 · 24% of tract blocks fall in Montevallo
Tract 01117030408 covers Montevallo in Alabama. Home to 3,886 residents, it scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 27th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $51,146 a year. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,285
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$51,146
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montevallo and the region
Centroid at 33.1338, -86.9379 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montevallo scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Montevallo
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Montevallo
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Montevallo
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Montevallo
7.2
How Montevallo compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 57Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2002)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.5%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montevallo
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.5/10. 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 Montevallo, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.8% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% 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 01117030408
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030408?
Census tract 01117030408 in Montevallo scores 4.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01117030408?
20.0% of residents in tract 01117030408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,886.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030408?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 57th, minority 62th, housing 45th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030408?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030408 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.17% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01117030408 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01117030408 compare to Montevallo overall?
Tract 01117030408 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Montevallo at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Montevallo; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Montevallo
Top eight tracts in Montevallo ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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