Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Shelby Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030704 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,039 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Shelby
Shelby is where census tract 01117030704 sits, home to 4,039 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 2.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #82,649 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 10% of renter households, a modest level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $752 a month against an average household income of $75,833 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,552
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$75,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelby and the region
Centroid at 33.1003, -86.5428 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shelby scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shelby
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$752 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shelby
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shelby
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shelby
1.0
How Shelby compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 45Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2006)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shelby
What moves this score most is economic stress at 3.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Shelby, 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 39th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 45 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.4% of renter households in 2006.
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 01117030704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030704?
Census tract 01117030704 in Shelby scores 3.6/10 (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 01117030704?
Median gross rent is $752/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030704?
15.5% of residents in tract 01117030704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 26th, minority 21th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.12% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030704 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030704 compare to Shelby overall?
Tract 01117030704 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Shelby at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shelby; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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