Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Liberty Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Vestavia Hills
Tract 01073012703 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 6,991 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01073012703 (the Liberty Park neighborhood of Vestavia Hills, Alabama) comes in at 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 37th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,367 monthly, set against $149,331 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,696
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$149,331
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vestavia Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.4685, -86.6905 · click any tract to drill in
Why Liberty Park scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Liberty Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 332Total filings over 11 yrs
- 10.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2016)
- 68Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 325% 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Liberty Park
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Vestavia Hills eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 332 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 10.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.1% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073012703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012703?
Census tract 01073012703 in the Liberty Park neighborhood scores 1.4/10 (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 01073012703?
Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012703?
6.3% of residents in tract 01073012703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 5th, minority 38th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 01073012703 considered part of Liberty Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073012703 fall within Liberty Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073012703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 332 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073012703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.44% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073012703 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073012703 compare to Vestavia Hills overall?
Tract 01073012703 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Vestavia Hills at 2.2/10. 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.
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Vestavia Lake
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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Overton Manor
2.6
/ 10 · Low
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Havenview
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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Westbrook Trace
2.4
/ 10 · Low
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Vestridge
2.2
/ 10 · Low
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Cahaba Oaks
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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Saint Joseph's Retreat
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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