Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Birmingham Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01073014304 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,432 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Birmingham

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 01073014304 in Birmingham, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,432. Severe burden reaches 38%. 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 44% Stable renters 16% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units2,079

Renter share59.7%

SVI overall0.53

Poverty rate31.0%

Median income$56,631

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.4256, -86.8725 · click any tract to drill in

Why Birmingham scores 5.4

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

31.0% poverty · this tract

7.8

Supply constraint

$1,540 rent vs county FMR

7.2

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: 53

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

85%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
42%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
0%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.

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.

15.3%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
20.7%Food insecurity
15.6%SNAP enrollment
11.0%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
18.2%Frequent mental distress
32.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Birmingham

73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Jefferson County average of 46.3%. At $1,540 a month, rents run 39% over what the rest of Birmingham commands. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $56,631 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The voucher gap is 21.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.8/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073014304

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073014304?

Census tract 01073014304 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01073014304?

Median gross rent is $1,540/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073014304?

31.0% of residents in tract 01073014304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,432.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073014304?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 4th, minority 71th, housing 42th.

What share of households in tract 01073014304 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.3% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073014304 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073014304 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.

Was tract 01073014304 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. 0% 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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