Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Vandiver Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01117030900 · Shelby County, AL · pop 2,810 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Vandiver
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 01117030900 in Vandiver ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,810 residents. On the national scale it ranks #34,702 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 49% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $950 a month against an average household income of $62,344 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,095
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$62,344
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vandiver and the region
Centroid at 33.4589, -86.5178 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vandiver scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vandiver
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vandiver
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vandiver
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vandiver
8.8
How Vandiver compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 20Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2006)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vandiver
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Vandiver, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Shelby County average of 4.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd 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 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 01117030900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030900?
Census tract 01117030900 in Vandiver 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 01117030900?
Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030900?
17.9% of residents in tract 01117030900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,810.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 50th, minority 11th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.37% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030900 compare to Vandiver overall?
Tract 01117030900 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Vandiver at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vandiver; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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