1 census tracts · pop 2,609 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.4–5.4
Smithfield maps to a single census tract in Birmingham, AL, population 2,609. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Annualized rent equals 53% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 44%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Cost burden runs 46% against 32.9% citywide, putting Smithfield 12.7% over its own city. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 33.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Average gross rent is $746, 33% below the Birmingham average of $1,107. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
This is a renter market: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool is supply constraint, at 1/10.
The filing record is not thin: 1,153 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2001, when filings touched 10.8% of renter households. 17.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The most recent observed rate, 6.4% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.4/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Smithfield vs BirminghamHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport89%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Smithfield
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,153Total filings (sum)
7.73%Avg annual filing rate
10.8%Peak year (2001)
6.35%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Smithfield
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
33.4%Housing insecurity
28.0%Utility shutoff threat
51.7%Food insecurity
50.9%SNAP enrollment
17.8%No health insurance
55.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Smithfield
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Smithfield?
Smithfield scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Smithfield compare to Birmingham overall?
Smithfield scores 1.4 points higher than Birmingham overall (4/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $746 vs $1,107.
Q3
What is the average rent in Smithfield?
Average gross rent in Smithfield is $746/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Smithfield residents are renters?
74% of Smithfield households are renter-occupied (vs 55% in Birmingham). The neighborhood has 2,609 residents.
Q5
Is Smithfield a high social-vulnerability area?
Smithfield sits in the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Smithfield for landlords?
Smithfield carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Birmingham as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Smithfield?
Smithfield has 2,907 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (79.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (9.4%), Hispanic / Latino (8.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
