Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
East Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073002100 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,423 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 01073002100 covers part of the East Lake area of Birmingham, AL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,423 residents. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,177
Renter share68.3%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate29.4%
Median income$30,524
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5650, -86.7101 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Lake scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
29.4% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 East Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 73%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 297Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2005)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 190% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Lake. 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.
- 27.3%Housing insecurity
- 21.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.1%Food insecurity
- 35.2%SNAP enrollment
- 18.4%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 44.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Lake
Food insecurity runs 39.1% against 17.8% nationally. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $30,524 and the ratio lands at 42%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Housing insecurity runs 27.3% against 14.2% nationally. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 297 filings here across 11 tracked years.
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 01073002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073002100?
Census tract 01073002100 in the East Lake neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 01073002100?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073002100?
29.4% of residents in tract 01073002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,423.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073002100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 85th, minority 86th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 01073002100 considered part of East Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073002100 fall within East Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073002100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 297 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.00% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073002100 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.3% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073002100 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073002100 scores 5.4/10, higher than 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 01073002100 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. 0% 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.
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