Within parent city
47
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073013100 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,842 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Birmingham
Census tract 01073013100 covers part of Birmingham, AL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,842. 75% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Jefferson County average of 46.3%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,585
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate32.5%
Median income$30,310
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4481, -86.8893 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birmingham scores 5.4
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
32.5% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$658 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 54%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)
- 382Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2016)
- 54Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 125% 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.
- 30.1%Housing insecurity
- 24.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.0%Food insecurity
- 42.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.9%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 50.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
SNAP participation runs 42.6% against 15.2% nationally. At $658 a month, rents run 41% under what the rest of Birmingham commands. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.1 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 382 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 8.2% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073013100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073013100?
Census tract 01073013100 in Birmingham scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 01073013100?
Median gross rent is $658/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073013100?
32.5% of residents in tract 01073013100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,842.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073013100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 100th, minority 96th, housing 75th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073013100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 382 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073013100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.99% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073013100 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.1% 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. 24.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073013100 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073013100 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Birmingham at 4/10. 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 01073013100 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. 54% 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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