Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Jerusalem Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa
Tract 01125012304 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 3,558 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 01125012304 sits in the Jerusalem Heights area of Tuscaloosa eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 3,558 residents. Cost burden runs 60% here against 43.3% across Tuscaloosa County.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units1,884
Renter share85.5%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate37.6%
Median income$35,788
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region
Centroid at 33.1602, -87.5133 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jerusalem Heights 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
37.6% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$953 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Jerusalem Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 383Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.6%Peak (2013)
- 87Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 278% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Jerusalem Heights. 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.
- 27.6%Housing insecurity
- 21.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.0%Food insecurity
- 33.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.0%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 41.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jerusalem Heights
The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.4/10.
The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
SNAP participation runs 33.0% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Housing insecurity runs 27.6% against 14.2% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points above the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1. Court records carry 383 eviction filings across 6 observed years. At $953 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Tuscaloosa commands.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 9.6% of renter households.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01125012304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125012304?
Census tract 01125012304 in the Jerusalem Heights 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 01125012304?
Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01125012304?
37.6% of residents in tract 01125012304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,558.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01125012304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 39th, minority 83th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 01125012304 considered part of Jerusalem Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125012304 fall within Jerusalem Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125012304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 383 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125012304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.45% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01125012304 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.6% 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. 21.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01125012304 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?
Tract 01125012304 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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