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Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Tuscaloosa Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01125012501 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 1,710 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa is where census tract 01125012501 sits, home to 1,710 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.3/10. That is riskier than about 19% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $867 monthly, set against $46,324 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 13% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units496
Renter share20.0%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$46,324

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#24 of 40 tracts In Tuscaloosa
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 59 tracts In Tuscaloosa County
Elevated
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#528 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
National
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#29,578 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.1696, -87.6472 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tuscaloosa scores 4.7

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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$867 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Tuscaloosa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tuscaloosa risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 012501Tuscaloosa: 2.82.8Tuscaloosaparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

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)

  • 28Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 4.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.4%Peak (2001)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011250125012001: 7 filings (6.42/100 renter HHs)2002: 4 filings (3.67/100 renter HHs)2003: 2 filings (1.83/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2016: 3 filings (2.61/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tuscaloosa

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Tuscaloosa eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 65th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01125012501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125012501?

Census tract 01125012501 in Tuscaloosa scores 4.7/10 (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 01125012501?

Median gross rent is $867/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125012501?

15.6% of residents in tract 01125012501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,710.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125012501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 61th, minority 89th, housing 48th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125012501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125012501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.24% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01125012501 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.0% 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. 15.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01125012501 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125012501 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Tuscaloosa at 2.8/10. 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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