Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Sylacauga Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01121011900 · Talladega County, AL · pop 2,812 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Sylacauga
With a score of 3.8/10, tract 01121011900 in Sylacauga, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,812. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,142
Renter share43.4%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$59,306
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sylacauga and the region
Centroid at 33.1652, -86.2791 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sylacauga scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sylacauga
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$826 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sylacauga
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sylacauga
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sylacauga
6.6
How Sylacauga compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 147Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% 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.
- 16.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.1%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 11.5%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sylacauga
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
24% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Talladega County average of 29.9%. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 147 evictions over 11 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Against average income of $59,306, annual rent is just 17%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01121011900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01121011900?
Census tract 01121011900 in Sylacauga scores 3.8/10 (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 01121011900?
Median gross rent is $826/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01121011900?
14.7% of residents in tract 01121011900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,812.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01121011900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 26th, minority 55th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01121011900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 147 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01121011900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.21% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01121011900 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.1% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01121011900 compare to Sylacauga overall?
Tract 01121011900 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Sylacauga at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sylacauga eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sylacauga
Top eight tracts in Sylacauga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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