Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Havenview Eviction Risk: Lower , Vestavia Hills
Tract 01073012917 ·
Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,226 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 01073012917 covers part of the Havenview area of Vestavia Hills, AL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,226 residents. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%Stable renters 20%Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,268
Renter share51.7%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$75,833
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Havenview
Moderate
Within parent city
78th percentile
#3 of 10 tracts In Vestavia Hills
High
Within county
32th percentile
#129 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Low
Within state
33th percentile
#968 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vestavia Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.4135, -86.7831 · click any tract to drill in
Why Havenview scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,741 rent vs county FMR
8.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
5.5
How Havenview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
27%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
47%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation
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.
7.8%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
9.8%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
13.5%Frequent mental distress
30.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Havenview
The voucher gap is 37.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Jefferson County average of 46.3%. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.
SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,741, 15% above the Vestavia Hills average.
Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 01073012917
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012917?
Census tract 01073012917 in the Havenview neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 01073012917?
Median gross rent is $1,741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012917?
5.4% of residents in tract 01073012917 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,226.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012917?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 94th, minority 47th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 01073012917 considered part of Havenview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073012917 fall within Havenview (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073012917 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073012917 compare to Vestavia Hills overall?
Tract 01073012917 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Vestavia Hills at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vestavia Hills eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Vestavia Hills
Top eight tracts in Vestavia Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.