Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Bessemer Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073010100 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,447 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Bessemer
Census tract 01073010100 covers part of Bessemer, AL, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,447 residents. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units588
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate40.3%
Median income$21,600
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
National
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bessemer and the region
Centroid at 33.4167, -86.9518 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bessemer scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
40.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$492 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Bessemer compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 143Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2005)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 11 months.
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.
- 33.2%Housing insecurity
- 28.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 48.9%Food insecurity
- 47.9%SNAP enrollment
- 23.9%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 51.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bessemer
29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Jefferson County average of 46.3%. Average gross rent is $492, 49% below the Bessemer average. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Disability prevalence runs 51.3% against 31.5% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 33.2% against 14.2% nationally.
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.3/10.
Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Court records carry 143 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Filings peaked in 2005 at 5.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010100?
Census tract 01073010100 in Bessemer scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01073010100?
Median gross rent is $492/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010100?
40.3% of residents in tract 01073010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,447.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 143 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.78% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010100 struggle to pay rent?
About 33.2% 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. 28.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010100 compare to Bessemer overall?
Tract 01073010100 scores 5.8/10, 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.
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