Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa
Tract 01125011901 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 2,596 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 01125011901 in the Hillcrest area of Tuscaloosa, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,596. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,319
Renter share67.6%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate31.1%
Median income$44,967
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region
Centroid at 33.1888, -87.5424 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hillcrest scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
31.1% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Hillcrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 231Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2013)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% 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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Cost burden runs about half here against 43.3% across Tuscaloosa County. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.8/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 231 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 5.3% of renter households were served.
At $969 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Tuscaloosa commands. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125011901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125011901?
Census tract 01125011901 in the Hillcrest 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 01125011901?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125011901?
31.1% of residents in tract 01125011901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,596.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125011901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 2th, minority 63th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 01125011901 considered part of Hillcrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125011901 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125011901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125011901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.50% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01125011901 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01125011901 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?
Tract 01125011901 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.
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