Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Irondale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073012602 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,065 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Irondale
Census tract 01073012602 runs through Irondale. With 3,065 residents, it scores 6.4/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,080 a month while the average household earns $52,500 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,304
Renter share48.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate31.1%
Median income$52,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Irondale and the region
Centroid at 33.5696, -86.6660 · click any tract to drill in
Why Irondale scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Irondale
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
31.1% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,080 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Irondale
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Irondale
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Irondale
6.3
How Irondale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 133Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2006)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 45% 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.
- 19.6%Housing insecurity
- 14.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.0%Food insecurity
- 22.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Irondale
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Irondale eviction risk, 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 White and Black and ranks around the 89th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 01073012602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012602?
Census tract 01073012602 in Irondale scores 5.4/10 (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 01073012602?
Median gross rent is $1,080/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012602?
31.1% of residents in tract 01073012602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,065.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 67th, minority 58th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073012602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073012602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.15% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073012602 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.6% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073012602 compare to Irondale overall?
Tract 01073012602 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Irondale at 2.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Irondale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 01073012602 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. 8% 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 Irondale
Top eight tracts in Irondale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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