Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Childersburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01121011400 · Talladega County, AL · pop 2,427 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Childersburg
01121011400 is a census tract in Childersburg, AL. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,427 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,121
Renter share17.2%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$56,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Childersburg and the region
Centroid at 33.2553, -86.2982 · click any tract to drill in
Why Childersburg scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Childersburg
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$775 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Childersburg
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Childersburg
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Childersburg
5.1
How Childersburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 38Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2016)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 700% over the past 11 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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.8%Food insecurity
- 24.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 43.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Childersburg
Cost burden runs 54% here against 29.9% across Talladega County. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.
The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 28.8% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Talladega County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Court records carry 38 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01121011400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01121011400?
Census tract 01121011400 in Childersburg scores 5.1/10 (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 01121011400?
Median gross rent is $775/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01121011400?
30.3% of residents in tract 01121011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,427.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01121011400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 48th, minority 61th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01121011400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01121011400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.73% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01121011400 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01121011400 compare to Childersburg overall?
Tract 01121011400 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Childersburg at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Childersburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Childersburg
Top eight tracts in Childersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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