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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Lauderdale County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Lauderdale County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 101.00 — 61 (Upper-middle)Tract 102.00 — 86 (Higher)Tract 103.00 — 94 (Higher)Tract 104.00 — 45 (Upper-middle)Tract 106.00 — 46 (Upper-middle)Tract 107.00 — 82 (Higher)Tract 108.00 — 89 (Higher)Tract 109.01 — 82 (Higher)Tract 109.02 — 56 (Upper-middle)Tract 110.00 — 90 (Higher)Tract 111.01 — 33 (Upper-middle)Tract 111.02 — 6 (Lower)Tract 112.00 — 30 (Middle)Tract 113.00 — 17 (Lower-middle)Tract 114.01 — 23 (Middle)Tract 114.02 — 4 (Lower)Tract 115.02 — 24 (Middle)Tract 115.03 — 8 (Lower)Tract 115.04 — 22 (Lower-middle)Tract 116.02 — 9 (Lower)Tract 116.03 — 16 (Lower-middle)Tract 116.05 — 16 (Lower-middle)Tract 116.06 — 5 (Lower)Tract 117.00 — 25 (Middle)Tract 118.01 — 25 (Middle)Tract 118.02 — 11 (Lower-middle)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (4 to 9)Lower-middle (11 to 22)Middle (23 to 30)Upper-middle (33 to 61)Higher (82 to 94)
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: 25th percentile (among tracts in AL).
These tracts span the 4th percentile to the 94th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median6 (23%) · 16,980 people
Above the median1 (4%) · 2,284 people
Near the median3 (12%) · 10,442 people
Below the median7 (27%) · 32,783 people
Well below the median9 (35%) · 33,341 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — 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 — 6 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 103.00 (pop. 993) — 94th 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 (above).
Tract 110.00 (pop. 5,077) — 90th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 108.00 (pop. 3,376) — 89th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 102.00 (pop. 2,092) — 86th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 107.00 (pop. 1,532) — 82nd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 109.01 (pop. 3,910) — 82nd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Above the median — 1 tract (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 101.00 (pop. 2,284) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Near the median — 3 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 109.02 (pop. 4,150) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 106.00 (pop. 2,476) — 46th 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 104.00 (pop. 3,816) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Below the median — 7 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 111.01 (pop. 6,518) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 112.00 (pop. 4,074) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 118.01 (pop. 4,662) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 117.00 (pop. 5,148) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 115.02 (pop. 4,823) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 114.01 (pop. 2,802) — 23rd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 115.04 (pop. 4,756) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 9 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 113.00 (pop. 2,155) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 116.03 (pop. 4,968) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 116.05 (pop. 2,780) — 16th 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 118.02 (pop. 3,906) — 11th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 116.02 (pop. 4,251) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 115.03 (pop. 3,143) — 8th 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 111.02 (pop. 3,934) — 6th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 116.06 (pop. 4,622) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 114.02 (pop. 3,582) — 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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