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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Calera Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01117030503 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,554 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Calera

Tract 01117030503 sits in Calera eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. The severe-burden share is 66%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 7% Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,520
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$69,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Calera
High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 55 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#484 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Calera and the region

Centroid at 33.1222, -86.7830 · click any tract to drill in

Why Calera scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Calera
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
$1,795 rent vs county FMR
9.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Calera
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Calera
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Calera
5.0

How Calera compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Calera risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0305033.4Caleraparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

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 Calera

Against Shelby County at 40.0%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened. The voucher gap is 41.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 9.2/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

Average gross rent is $1,795, 12% above the Calera average. Against the Shelby County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $69,000. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01117030503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030503?

Census tract 01117030503 in Calera scores 4.4/10 (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 01117030503?

Median gross rent is $1,795/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030503?

9.5% of residents in tract 01117030503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,554.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 32th, minority 58th, housing 5th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 01117030503 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 11.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 01117030503 compare to Calera overall?

Tract 01117030503 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Calera at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Calera eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Calera

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

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