Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Lipscomb Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073010500 ·
Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,390 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Lipscomb
Tract 01073010500 sits in Lipscomb, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 1,390. 54% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%Stable renters 8%Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units483
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$47,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Lipscomb
Moderate
Within county
91th percentile
#18 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
96th percentile
#55 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
National
72th percentile
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lipscomb and the region
Centroid at 33.4296, -86.9179 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lipscomb scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lipscomb
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lipscomb
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lipscomb
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lipscomb
8.8
How Lipscomb compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
85%Socioeconomic
94%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
71%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
28.9%Housing insecurity
21.7%Utility-shutoff threat
42.0%Food insecurity
36.7%SNAP enrollment
19.7%Transit barriers
17.2%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
48.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lipscomb
The score leans hardest on housing-court posture at 8.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 48.1% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Housing insecurity runs 28.9% against 14.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
It sits 1.2 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 60 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 4.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010500?
Census tract 01073010500 in Lipscomb scores 5.5/10 (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 01073010500?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010500?
30.0% of residents in tract 01073010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 94th, minority 94th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010500 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.9% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010500 compare to Lipscomb overall?
Tract 01073010500 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lipscomb at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lipscomb; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.