Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Gardendale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073011707 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,532 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Gardendale
Tract 01073011707, home to 3,532 residents in Gardendale, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #44,199 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,257 monthly, set against $59,056 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,645
Renter share32.7%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$59,056
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardendale and the region
Centroid at 33.6453, -86.8177 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardendale scores 2.9
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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,257 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardendale
The heaviest input here 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% 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 01073011707
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073011707?
Census tract 01073011707 in Gardendale scores 2.9/10 (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 01073011707?
Median gross rent is $1,257/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073011707?
7.1% of residents in tract 01073011707 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073011707?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 47th, minority 22th, housing 28th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01073011707 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01073011707 compare to Gardendale overall?
Tract 01073011707 scores 2.9/10, higher than 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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