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Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally

Alton Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 33001966502 · Belknap County, NH · pop 2,762 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Alton

In Alton in Belknap County, census tract 33001966502 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #74,151 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 7% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $627 monthly, set against $93,674 in average yearly household income, roughly 8% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 11% Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,275
Renter share11.3%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate0.7%
Median income$93,674

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Alton
Very High
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 18 tracts In Belknap County
Very Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#232 of 349 tracts In New Hampshire
Low
National
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#75,086 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Alton and the region

Centroid at 43.5121, -71.2262 · click any tract to drill in

Why Alton scores 1.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Alton
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
New Hampshire legislature & governorship
2.5
Economic stress
0.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$627 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alton
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alton
3.6

How Alton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Alton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.91.9This tracttract 966502Alton: 3.63.6Altonparent cityCounty: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 2.72.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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 Alton

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Alton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Belknap County average of 5.2 and below the New Hampshire statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 33001966502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 33001966502?

Census tract 33001966502 in Alton scores 1.9/10 (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 33001966502?

Median gross rent is $627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 33001966502?

0.7% of residents in tract 33001966502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,762.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 33001966502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 3th, minority 11th, housing 10th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 33001966502 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.5% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 33001966502 compare to Alton overall?

Tract 33001966502 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Alton at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Alton

Top eight tracts in Alton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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