Buena Vista Eviction Risk: Moderate , Tuscaloosa

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. 31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Tuscaloosa County average of 43.3%.

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the Tuscaloosa County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

On the softer side, housing-court posture reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 194 filings here across 6 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2003, when 9.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.