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Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Birmingham Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 01073000400 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,135

Census tract 01073000400 belongs to Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama. It is home to 3,135 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 70% of US census tracts.

About 55% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,048 monthly, set against $36,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. Renters make up 58% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 26% Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units968
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate31.3%
Median income$36,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#14 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#10,885 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.5632, -86.7640 · click any tract to drill in

Why Birmingham scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
31.3% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Birmingham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Birmingham risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 000400Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 307Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 4.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.3%Peak (2002)
  • 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730004002000: 24 filings (4.89/100 renter HHs)2001: 27 filings (5.50/100 renter HHs)2002: 36 filings (7.33/100 renter HHs)2003: 19 filings (3.87/100 renter HHs)2005: 36 filings (4.97/100 renter HHs)2006: 24 filings (3.31/100 renter HHs)2012: 34 filings (6.24/100 renter HHs)2013: 29 filings (5.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 26 filings (4.77/100 renter HHs)2015: 25 filings (4.59/100 renter HHs)2016: 27 filings (4.08/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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 Birmingham

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.8/10. 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 above the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 36% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

In CDC survey modeling, about 32.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 25.7% 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 01073000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073000400?

Census tract 01073000400 in Birmingham scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 01073000400?

Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073000400?

31.3% of residents in tract 01073000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,135.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 98th, minority 94th, housing 71th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073000400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 307 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.99% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01073000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.6% 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. 25.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01073000400 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073000400 scores 6.1/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 01073000400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 36% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Birmingham

Top eight tracts in Birmingham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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