Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Sylacauga Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01121012000 · Talladega County, AL · pop 2,049 · 89% of tract blocks fall in Sylacauga
Tract 01121012000 sits in Sylacauga eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 2,049. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units838
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate35.9%
Median income$46,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sylacauga and the region
Centroid at 33.1459, -86.2504 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sylacauga scores 5.4
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
35.9% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$763 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 92Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2009)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 600% 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.
- 21.0%Housing insecurity
- 16.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.0%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.8%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 43.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sylacauga
Running hot, economic stress reads 9/10. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10. Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 1.3 points above the Talladega County average of 4.1. SNAP participation runs 26.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Cost burden runs 35% here against 29.9% across Talladega County. The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 92 evictions over 11 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2009 at 2.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01121012000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01121012000?
Census tract 01121012000 in Sylacauga scores 5.4/10 (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 01121012000?
Median gross rent is $763/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01121012000?
35.9% of residents in tract 01121012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,049.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01121012000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 54th, minority 73th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01121012000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01121012000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.09% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01121012000 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.0% 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. 16.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01121012000 compare to Sylacauga overall?
Tract 01121012000 scores 5.4/10, higher than 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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