Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Roebuck Eviction Risk: Lower , Birmingham
Tract 01073005302 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,599 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Roebuck in Birmingham anchors census tract 01073005302, which lands at 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 9% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 9% of renter households, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,301 a month while the average household earns $75,057 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,505
Renter share15.0%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$75,057
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5767, -86.6965 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roebuck scores 3.5
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
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,301 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Roebuck compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 26%Grade B
- 7%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)
- 85Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2015)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roebuck
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073005302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005302?
Census tract 01073005302 in the Roebuck neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 01073005302?
Median gross rent is $1,301/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 9% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005302?
4.1% of residents in tract 01073005302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 37th, minority 69th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 01073005302 considered part of Roebuck?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073005302 fall within Roebuck (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.70% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073005302 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073005302 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073005302 scores 3.5/10, higher than the parent city of Birmingham at 2.9/10. 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 01073005302 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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