Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Columbiana Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030701 · Shelby County, AL · pop 5,474 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Columbiana
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01117030701 (Columbiana, Alabama) comes in at 3.8/10, the Lower tier. That is riskier than about 9% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 19% of renter households, a modest level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $935 a month against an average household income of $94,472 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,629
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$94,472
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Columbiana and the region
Centroid at 33.2265, -86.6271 · click any tract to drill in
Why Columbiana scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Columbiana
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Columbiana
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Columbiana
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Columbiana
5.9
How Columbiana compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 14Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2001)
- 3Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Columbiana
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Columbiana, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 01117030701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030701?
Census tract 01117030701 in Columbiana scores 3/10 (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 01117030701?
Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030701?
6.1% of residents in tract 01117030701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,474.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 31th, minority 41th, housing 83th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01117030701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.85% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030701 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030701 compare to Columbiana overall?
Tract 01117030701 scores 3/10, higher than the parent city of Columbiana at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Columbiana; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Columbiana
Top eight tracts in Columbiana ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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