Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Gardendale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073011704 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,532 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Gardendale
Tract 01073011704 covers Gardendale in Alabama. Home to 4,532 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $913 a month while the average household earns $80,813 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,569
Renter share8.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$80,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardendale and the region
Centroid at 33.7244, -86.8487 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardendale scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gardendale
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardendale
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardendale
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardendale
5.3
How Gardendale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 21Total filings over 8 yrs
- 1.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.6%Peak (2014)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 8.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardendale
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.2/10. 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 Gardendale eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 21 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 1.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.6% of renter households in 2014.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073011704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073011704?
Census tract 01073011704 in Gardendale scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 01073011704?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073011704?
7.0% of residents in tract 01073011704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073011704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 65th, minority 21th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073011704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 01073011704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.74% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073011704 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073011704 compare to Gardendale overall?
Tract 01073011704 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Gardendale at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardendale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gardendale
Top eight tracts in Gardendale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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