Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Tuscaloosa Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01125010706 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 4,174 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Tuscaloosa

Eviction risk in Tuscaloosa eviction risk in Tuscaloosa County centers on tract 01125010706, which scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier) and is home to 4,174 residents. It lands near the 7th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $850 monthly, set against $74,922 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.5

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 6% Owners 92%

Tract context

Occupied units1,487

Renter share8.1%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate6.0%

Median income$74,922

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.1869, -87.3624 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tuscaloosa scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Tuscaloosa

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.3

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

6.0% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$850 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Tuscaloosa

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Tuscaloosa

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Tuscaloosa

2.5

How Tuscaloosa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

51%Socioeconomic
46%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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.

12.5%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
17.2%Food insecurity
11.7%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
9.9%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
35.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tuscaloosa

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 Tuscaloosa 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 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125010706

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010706?

Census tract 01125010706 in Tuscaloosa scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01125010706?

Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010706?

6.0% of residents in tract 01125010706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,174.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010706?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 46th, minority 38th, housing 41th.

What share of households in tract 01125010706 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.5% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01125010706 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125010706 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Tuscaloosa at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tuscaloosa eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Tuscaloosa

Top eight tracts in Tuscaloosa ranked by composite eviction-risk score.