Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Fairfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073010604 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,334 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Fairfield
Census tract 01073010604 covers part of Fairfield, AL, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,334. The severe-burden share is 58%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,676
Renter share48.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate39.3%
Median income$30,985
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairfield and the region
Centroid at 33.4774, -86.9131 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairfield scores 5.9
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
39.3% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$1,305 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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
- 7%Grade B
- 18%Grade C
- 42%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.
- 28.5%Housing insecurity
- 22.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.1%Food insecurity
- 37.5%SNAP enrollment
- 20.7%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 46.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairfield
Cost burden runs 67% here against 46.3% across Jefferson County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10. Annualized rent equals 51% of average household income of $30,985, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Food insecurity runs 42.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 37.5% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10.
The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.4/10. Average gross rent is $1,305, 29% above the Fairfield average.
It sits 1.6 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Birmingham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010604?
Census tract 01073010604 in Fairfield scores 5.9/10 (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 01073010604?
Median gross rent is $1,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010604?
39.3% of residents in tract 01073010604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 53th, minority 93th, housing 94th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01073010604 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.5% 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. 22.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01073010604 compare to Fairfield overall?
Tract 01073010604 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Fairfield at 4.5/10. 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.
Q7
Was tract 01073010604 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. 42% 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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Top eight tracts in Fairfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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