Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Fairfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073010603 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,021 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Fairfield
With a score of 6.6/10, tract 01073010603 in Fairfield in Jefferson County ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,021 residents. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
86% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 68% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $997 a month against an average household income of $38,750 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units744
Renter share31.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$38,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairfield and the region
Centroid at 33.4659, -86.9222 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairfield scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fairfield
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$997 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairfield
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairfield
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairfield
9.4
How Fairfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 35%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.
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)
- 247Total filings over 11 yrs
- 9.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.2%Peak (2012)
- 20Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 54% 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.
- 22.4%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.0%Food insecurity
- 25.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairfield
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Fairfield, 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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010603
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010603?
Census tract 01073010603 in Fairfield scores 5.5/10 (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 01073010603?
Median gross rent is $997/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010603?
26.4% of residents in tract 01073010603 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,021.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010603?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 82th, minority 95th, housing 72th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010603?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 247 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010603 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.28% of renter households, peaking at 19.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010603 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.4% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010603 compare to Fairfield overall?
Tract 01073010603 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Fairfield at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 01073010603 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fairfield
Top eight tracts in Fairfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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