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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073005000 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,424 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 01073005000 in the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District area of Birmingham, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,424 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 29% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,871
Renter share61.0%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate14.3%
Median income$60,703

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District
Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Very Low
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#95 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Moderate
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#544 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.4867, -86.8173 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Birmingham
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.3% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,036 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Birmingham
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Birmingham
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Birmingham
3.0

How Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0050004.0Birminghamparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 447Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.5%Peak (2001)
  • 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01073005000
Filings dropped 49% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District. 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 Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 447 filings here across 11 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2001, when 4.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Birmingham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Jefferson County average of 4.3 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,036, close to the Birmingham average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $60,703.

61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073005000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005000?

Census tract 01073005000 in the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 01073005000?

Median gross rent is $1,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005000?

14.3% of residents in tract 01073005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,424.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 4th, minority 53th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 01073005000 considered part of Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073005000 fall within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 447 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073005000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073005000 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073005000 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Birmingham at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 01073005000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 19% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Birmingham

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

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