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Deven Dale Eviction Risk: Lower , Tuscaloosa

Tract 01125012403 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 4,365 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 3.3/10, tract 01125012403 in the Deven Dale area of Tuscaloosa, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 27% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,861
Renter share43.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$56,613

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Deven Dale
Moderate
Within parent city
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#28 of 40 tracts In Tuscaloosa
Low
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 59 tracts In Tuscaloosa County
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#862 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.1568, -87.5643 · click any tract to drill in

Why Deven Dale scores 3.3

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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Deven Dale compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Deven Dale risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.3This tracttract 0124033.8Tuscaloosaparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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)

  • 210Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 5.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2016)
  • 64Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01125012403
Filings climbed 814% 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 Deven Dale

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Against Tuscaloosa County at 43.3%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 210 evictions over 6 years of observation.

It sits 0.8 points below the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1. Filings peaked in 2016 at 8.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10.

Average gross rent is $1,059, close to the Tuscaloosa average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $56,613.

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 01125012403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125012403?

Census tract 01125012403 in the Deven Dale neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 01125012403?

Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125012403?

7.9% of residents in tract 01125012403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,365.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125012403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 47th, minority 73th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 01125012403 considered part of Deven Dale?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01125012403 fall within Deven Dale (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125012403?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125012403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.08% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01125012403 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.0% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01125012403 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125012403 scores 3.3/10, lower 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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