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Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Tuscaloosa Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01125012700 · Tuscaloosa County, AL · pop 5,313 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Tuscaloosa

Tract 01125012700, home to 5,313 residents in Tuscaloosa, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 40th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,086 a month while the average household earns $52,318 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 19% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,574
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$52,318

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 40 tracts In Tuscaloosa
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 59 tracts In Tuscaloosa County
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#351 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
National
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#22,213 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Tuscaloosa and the region

Centroid at 33.2185, -87.4951 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tuscaloosa 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
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,086 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Tuscaloosa compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Tuscaloosa risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 012700Tuscaloosa: 2.82.8Tuscaloosaparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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)

  • 118Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 4.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2013)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 011250127002001: 9 filings (3.26/100 renter HHs)2002: 10 filings (3.62/100 renter HHs)2003: 15 filings (5.44/100 renter HHs)2013: 32 filings (5.55/100 renter HHs)2014: 30 filings (5.20/100 renter HHs)2016: 22 filings (5.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 144% 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

What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.7 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 118 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.6% of renter households in 2013.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01125012700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01125012700?

Census tract 01125012700 in Tuscaloosa 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 01125012700?

Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01125012700?

23.3% of residents in tract 01125012700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,313.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01125012700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 47th, minority 69th, housing 66th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01125012700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 01125012700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.71% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01125012700 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.8% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01125012700 compare to Tuscaloosa overall?

Tract 01125012700 scores 5.2/10, 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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