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West Haven Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa

Tract 01125011800 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 2,988 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 01125011800 covers part of the West Haven area of Tuscaloosa, AL, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Tuscaloosa County average of 43.3%.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 17% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,231
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate39.9%
Median income$25,920

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West Haven
Moderate
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 40 tracts In Tuscaloosa
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#6 of 59 tracts In Tuscaloosa County
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#164 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.1888, -87.5687 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Haven scores 5.2

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
39.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$796 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 West Haven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Haven risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0118003.8Tuscaloosaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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)

  • 152Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 4.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2016)
  • 39Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01125011800
Filings climbed 56% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Haven

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 53.5% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 52.3% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $25,920 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Average gross rent is $796, 25% below the Tuscaloosa average.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1.

Court records carry 152 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125011800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125011800?

Census tract 01125011800 in the West Haven neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 01125011800?

Median gross rent is $796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125011800?

39.9% of residents in tract 01125011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,988.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125011800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 73th, minority 99th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 01125011800 considered part of West Haven?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125011800 fall within West Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125011800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 152 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125011800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.31% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01125011800 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.6% 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. 30.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01125011800 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125011800 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Tuscaloosa at 3.8/10. 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.

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