Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Brookwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01125010601 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 4,732 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Brookwood
Tract 01125010601 covers Brookwood in Alabama. Home to 4,732 residents, it scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 24th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,089 a month against an average household income of $65,763 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,105
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$65,763
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookwood and the region
Centroid at 33.3242, -87.3314 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookwood scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookwood
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookwood
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookwood
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookwood
3.5
How Brookwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 47Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2016)
- 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 6 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookwood
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Brookwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 and in line with 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 18th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 47 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.6% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125010601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010601?
Census tract 01125010601 in Brookwood scores 2.9/10 (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 01125010601?
Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010601?
8.2% of residents in tract 01125010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,732.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 12th, minority 9th, housing 18th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125010601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125010601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.31% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01125010601 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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 01125010601 compare to Brookwood overall?
Tract 01125010601 scores 2.9/10, higher than the parent city of Brookwood at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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