Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Saint Joseph's Retreat Eviction Risk: Lower , Vestavia Hills
Tract 01073012911 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,566 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 01073012911 covers part of the Saint Joseph's Retreat area of Vestavia Hills, AL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is supply constraint at 9.9/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,971
Renter share4.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$191,696
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vestavia Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.4364, -86.7562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saint Joseph's Retreat scores 3
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,883 rent vs county FMR
9.9
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 Saint Joseph's Retreat compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 70Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2002)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 4.2%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.7%Food insecurity
- 2.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saint Joseph's Retreat
The voucher gap is 48.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Jefferson County average of 46.3%. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10.
Average gross rent is $1,883, 24% above the Vestavia Hills average. SNAP participation runs 2.4% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 1.3 points below the Jefferson County average of 4.3. Court records carry 70 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 2.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073012911
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012911?
Census tract 01073012911 in the Saint Joseph's Retreat 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 01073012911?
Median gross rent is $1,883/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012911?
4.2% of residents in tract 01073012911 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,566.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012911?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 31th, minority 10th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 01073012911 considered part of Saint Joseph's Retreat?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073012911 fall within Saint Joseph's Retreat (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073012911?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 70 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073012911 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.13% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073012911 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.2% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073012911 compare to Vestavia Hills overall?
Tract 01073012911 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.
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