Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Norris Circle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cottondale
Tract 01125010804 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 2,858 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 01125010804 belongs to the Norris Circle neighborhood of Cottondale, Alabama. It is home to 2,858 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #22,429 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
44% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $727 monthly, set against $54,318 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,166
Renter share21.4%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$54,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cottondale and the region
Centroid at 33.1930, -87.4549 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norris Circle scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cottondale
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$727 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cottondale
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cottondale
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cottondale
9.2
How Norris Circle 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.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 67%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)
- 66Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2016)
- 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 19.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.3%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norris Circle
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 Cottondale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black 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 17.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.5% 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 01125010804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125010804?
Census tract 01125010804 in the Norris Circle neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 01125010804?
Median gross rent is $727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125010804?
30.8% of residents in tract 01125010804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,858.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125010804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 36th, minority 67th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 01125010804 considered part of Norris Circle?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125010804 fall within Norris Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125010804?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125010804 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.46% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01125010804 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01125010804 compare to Cottondale overall?
Tract 01125010804 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Cottondale at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cottondale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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