Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Eastern Valley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bessemer

Tract 01073014301 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,692 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 01073014301 sits in the Eastern Valley area of Bessemer eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It is home to 2,692 residents. The severe-burden share is 51%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

4.8

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 4% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,339

Renter share22.9%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate13.1%

Median income$48,577

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bessemer and the region

Centroid at 33.3511, -86.9592 · click any tract to drill in

Why Eastern Valley scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Bessemer

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

13.1% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Bessemer

7.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Bessemer

8.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Bessemer

8.2

How Eastern Valley compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

70%Socioeconomic
91%Household composition
70%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

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)

58Total filings over 11 yrs
2.10%Avg annual filing rate
5.8%Peak (2006)
3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2016

Filings climbed 200% over the past 11 months.

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.

14.2%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
19.3%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
10.7%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
37.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Eastern Valley

Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 82% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 58 evictions over 11 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 8.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073014301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073014301?

Census tract 01073014301 in the Eastern Valley neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073014301?

13.1% of residents in tract 01073014301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,692.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073014301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 91th, minority 70th, housing 68th.

Is tract 01073014301 considered part of Eastern Valley?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073014301 fall within Eastern Valley (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073014301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073014301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.10% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01073014301 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.2% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073014301 compare to Bessemer overall?

Tract 01073014301 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Bessemer at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bessemer eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bessemer

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org