Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Etowah County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Etowah County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 2.00 — 96 (Higher)Tract 3.00 — 94 (Higher)Tract 4.00 — 19 (Lower-middle)Tract 5.00 — 51 (Middle)Tract 6.00 — 67 (Upper-middle)Tract 7.00 — 96 (Higher)Tract 8.00 — 84 (Upper-middle)Tract 9.00 — 100 (Higher)Tract 10.00 — 99 (Higher)Tract 11.00 — 53 (Middle)Tract 12.00 — 95 (Higher)Tract 13.00 — 93 (Higher)Tract 16.00 — 73 (Upper-middle)Tract 17.00 — 63 (Upper-middle)Tract 101.00 — 62 (Middle)Tract 102.01 — 40 (Lower-middle)Tract 102.02 — 10 (Lower)Tract 103.00 — 18 (Lower)Tract 104.01 — 93 (Upper-middle)Tract 104.02 — 54 (Middle)Tract 105.03 — 18 (Lower-middle)Tract 105.04 — 7 (Lower)Tract 105.05 — 50 (Middle)Tract 105.06 — 4 (Lower)Tract 106.01 — 10 (Lower)Tract 106.02 — 25 (Lower-middle)Tract 107.00 — 35 (Lower-middle)Tract 108.00 — 34 (Lower-middle)Tract 109.00 — 21 (Lower-middle)Tract 110.01 — 15 (Lower)Tract 110.02 — 47 (Middle)Tract 111.00 — 80 (Upper-middle)Tract 112.00 — 93 (Upper-middle)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (4 to 18)Lower-middle (18 to 40)Middle (47 to 62)Upper-middle (63 to 93)Higher (93 to 100)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 53rd percentile (among tracts in AL).
These tracts span the 4th percentile to the 100th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median10 (30%) · 23,033 people
Above the median5 (15%) · 13,995 people
Near the median5 (15%) · 20,057 people
Below the median5 (15%) · 14,771 people
Well below the median8 (24%) · 31,249 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 10 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 9.00 (pop. 2,810) — 100th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 10.00 (pop. 1,267) — 99th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 7.00 (pop. 1,278) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 2.00 (pop. 3,279) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 12.00 (pop. 2,515) — 95th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 3.00 (pop. 2,183) — 94th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 13.00 (pop. 2,350) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 104.01 (pop. 4,130) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 112.00 (pop. 2,191) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 8.00 (pop. 1,030) — 84th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Above the median — 5 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 111.00 (pop. 5,140) — 80th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 16.00 (pop. 3,317) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6.00 (pop. 2,072) — 67th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 17.00 (pop. 1,431) — 63rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 101.00 (pop. 2,035) — 62nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Near the median — 5 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 104.02 (pop. 5,305) — 54th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 11.00 (pop. 5,111) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5.00 (pop. 1,831) — 51st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 105.05 (pop. 2,649) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 110.02 (pop. 5,161) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Below the median — 5 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 102.01 (pop. 2,507) — 40th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 107.00 (pop. 4,243) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 108.00 (pop. 2,653) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 106.02 (pop. 3,544) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 109.00 (pop. 1,824) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 8 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 4.00 (pop. 3,861) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 105.03 (pop. 4,484) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 103.00 (pop. 2,743) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 110.01 (pop. 4,369) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 102.02 (pop. 2,854) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 106.01 (pop. 5,901) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 105.04 (pop. 4,791) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 105.06 (pop. 2,246) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in AL. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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