Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally

Alabaster Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01117030616 · Shelby County, AL · pop 2,735 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Alabaster

The Lower-tier score of 3.4/10 for census tract 01117030616 reflects conditions in Alabaster in Shelby County, Alabama. That is riskier than about 5% of US census tracts.

About 0% 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 rent runs $1,386 a month against an average household income of $120,068 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.5

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 8% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units1,022

Renter share7.8%

SVI overall0.05

Poverty rate4.2%

Median income$120,068

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Alabaster and the region

Centroid at 33.2583, -86.7744 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alabaster scores 1.5

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

4.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,386 rent vs county FMR

5.9

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

14%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
15%Racial/ethnic minority
9%Housing & transportation

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.

6.8%Housing insecurity
4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
8.3%Food insecurity
4.8%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
5.3%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
26.6%Any disability

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 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 6.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th 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 01117030616

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030616?

Census tract 01117030616 in Alabaster scores 1.5/10 (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 01117030616?

Median gross rent is $1,386/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030616?

4.2% of residents in tract 01117030616 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,735.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030616?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 12th, minority 15th, housing 9th.

What share of households in tract 01117030616 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01117030616 compare to Alabaster overall?

Tract 01117030616 scores 1.5/10, 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.