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Neighborhood · Mountain Brook, AL

Dunbarton Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 3,065 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Dunbarton Oaks is a one-tract neighborhood of Mountain Brook, AL and houses 3,065 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10.

Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 1.7/10. Food insecurity affects 3.5% of adults, 14.3 points below the national rate.

2.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records for this tract carry 9 eviction filings.

Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2001, when filings touched 9.3% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 1.2% in 2015, is well off that peak. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Dunbarton Oaks vs Mountain Brook How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
0.0% -100%
Mountain Brook: 26.5%
Average gross rent
$0 -100%
Mountain Brook: $1,456
Average HH income
$205,000 +7%
Mountain Brook: $191,128
Poverty rate
1.3% -52%
Mountain Brook: 2.7%
Renter share
0.0% -100%
Mountain Brook: 10.1%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Dunbarton Oaks and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Dunbarton Oaks scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.8–1.8 across tracts
1.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts
6.1
Rent control risk
Stabilization & control ordinances · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 1.7–1.7 across tracts
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
0% renter households · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Economic stress
1.3% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Risk score comparison

Dunbarton Oaks vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Dunbarton Oaks score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Dunbarton OaksNeighborhood3.2Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Dunbarton Oaks

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
01073010804 3 3,065 , ,
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 2

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 0%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 18%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 1%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 13%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Dunbarton Oaks

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 9Total filings (sum)
  • 4.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.3%Peak year (2001)
  • 1.23%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Dunbarton Oaks

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Dunbarton Oaks

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Dunbarton Oaks?

Dunbarton Oaks scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Dunbarton Oaks compare to Mountain Brook overall?

Dunbarton Oaks scores 0.2 points lower than Mountain Brook overall (3.2/10).
Q3

What percentage of Dunbarton Oaks residents are renters?

0% of Dunbarton Oaks households are renter-occupied (vs 10% in Mountain Brook). The neighborhood has 3,065 residents.
Q4

Is Dunbarton Oaks a high social-vulnerability area?

Dunbarton Oaks sits in the 2nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5

How safe is Dunbarton Oaks for landlords?

Dunbarton Oaks carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mountain Brook as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q6

What is the demographic breakdown of Dunbarton Oaks?

Dunbarton Oaks has 3,042 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (97.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.2%), Other / Multiracial (1.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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