Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Northport Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010206 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 5,533 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Northport
Census tract 01125010206 covers Northport, home to 5,533 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 13th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $719 a month while the average household earns $106,705 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,100
Renter share25.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$106,705
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northport and the region
Centroid at 33.2611, -87.5873 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northport scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northport
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$719 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northport
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northport
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northport
5.2
How Northport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northport
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Northport eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 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 21st 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% 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 01125010206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010206?
Census tract 01125010206 in Northport scores 2.1/10 (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 01125010206?
Median gross rent is $719/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010206?
3.1% of residents in tract 01125010206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,533.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 15th, minority 34th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01125010206 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01125010206 compare to Northport overall?
Tract 01125010206 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Northport at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Northport
Top eight tracts in Northport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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01125010304
5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Historic Downtown Northport
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Historic Downtown Northport
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010204
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010305
2.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · AL
01125010205
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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01125010201
2.1
/ 10 · Low
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