Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dunbarton Oaks Eviction Risk: Lower , Mountain Brook
Tract 01073010804 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,065 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 01073010804 sits in the Dunbarton Oaks area of Mountain Brook eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,065 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,098
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$205,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mountain Brook and the region
Centroid at 33.4757, -86.7447 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dunbarton Oaks scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mountain Brook
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountain Brook
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountain Brook
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountain Brook
3.3
How Dunbarton Oaks compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 20%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 9Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2001)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 3.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.5%Food insecurity
- 1.7%SNAP enrollment
- 2.6%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 10.4%Frequent mental distress
- 21.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dunbarton Oaks
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
SNAP participation runs 1.7% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.3 points below the Jefferson County average of 4.3.
The filing record is not thin: 9 evictions over 5 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 9.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Birmingham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10.
Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010804
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010804?
Census tract 01073010804 in the Dunbarton Oaks 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 poverty rate in tract 01073010804?
1.3% of residents in tract 01073010804 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,065.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010804?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 18th, minority 1th, housing 13th.
Q4
Is tract 01073010804 considered part of Dunbarton Oaks?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073010804 fall within Dunbarton Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010804?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 01073010804 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.33% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010804 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.3% 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. 2.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010804 compare to Mountain Brook overall?
Tract 01073010804 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Mountain Brook at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountain Brook eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 01073010804 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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 Mountain Brook
Top eight tracts in Mountain Brook ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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