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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Chestnut Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Hoover

Tract 01073012907 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,049 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

01073012907 is a census tract in the Chestnut Ridge area of Hoover, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,049 residents. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Jefferson County average of 46.3%.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 11% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,947
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$83,233

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Chestnut Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 23 tracts In Hoover
Moderate
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#173 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Very Low
Within state
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#968 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoover and the region

Centroid at 33.3999, -86.7703 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chestnut Ridge scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hoover
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,428 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hoover
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hoover
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hoover
2.0

How Chestnut Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chestnut Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0129073.2Hooverparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

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)

  • 319Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 6.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2013)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01073012907
Filings climbed 400% over the past 11 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chestnut Ridge

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 319 filings here across 11 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.

The voucher gap is 12.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2013 at 11.3% of renter households.

In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073012907

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012907?

Census tract 01073012907 in the Chestnut Ridge neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 01073012907?

Median gross rent is $1,428/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012907?

8.9% of residents in tract 01073012907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,049.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012907?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 40th, minority 55th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 01073012907 considered part of Chestnut Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073012907 fall within Chestnut Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073012907?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 319 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073012907 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.47% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073012907 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073012907 compare to Hoover overall?

Tract 01073012907 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Hoover at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoover eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hoover

Top eight tracts in Hoover ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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