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Saint Joseph's Retreat Eviction Risk: Lower , Vestavia Hills

Tract 01073012911 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,566 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 01073012911, home to 5,566 residents in Saint Joseph's Retreat in Vestavia Hills, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #47,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,883 a month against an average household income of $191,696 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.3
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Saint Joseph's Retreat
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Vestavia Hills
Very Low
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#182 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Very Low
Within state
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#1,409 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very 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 1.3

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
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.
Saint Joseph's Retreat risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.31.3This tracttract 012911Vestavia Hills: 2.22.2Vestavia Hillsparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 4

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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 by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730129112000: 3 filings (0.54/100 renter HHs)2001: 4 filings (0.71/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (2.14/100 renter HHs)2003: 11 filings (1.96/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (0.65/100 renter HHs)2006: 7 filings (0.91/100 renter HHs)2012: 9 filings (8.82/100 renter HHs)2013: 5 filings (4.90/100 renter HHs)2014: 10 filings (9.80/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (2.94/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (1.04/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Saint Joseph's Retreat

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.9/10. 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 Vestavia Hills eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 70 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.1% of renter households in 2002.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 1.3/10 (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 1.3/10, 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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