Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073013901 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,472 · 49% of tract blocks fall in Birmingham
Tract 01073013901 sits in Birmingham eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 1,472. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units566
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate34.0%
Median income$42,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
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 33.4754, -86.9481 · 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
34.0% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 51Total filings over 10 yrs
- 4.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2015)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.9%Food insecurity
- 28.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.8%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 45.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.5/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $42,857 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 28.1% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 1.1 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3. Housing insecurity runs 22.8% against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 51 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073013901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073013901?
Census tract 01073013901 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 01073013901?
Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073013901?
34.0% of residents in tract 01073013901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,472.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073013901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 80th, minority 81th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073013901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01073013901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.14% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073013901 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073013901 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073013901 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.
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