Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Homewood
Tract 01073010706 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,397 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 01073010706 covers part of the Lakewood Hills area of Homewood, AL, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,397 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,912
Renter share59.4%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$72,324
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Homewood and the region
Centroid at 33.4503, -86.8338 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lakewood Hills scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Homewood
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,457 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Homewood
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Homewood
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Homewood
5.6
How Lakewood Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 896Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2006)
- 86Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 54% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lakewood Hills. 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Hills
Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.3% across Jefferson County. The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 896 evictions over 11 years of observation.
The voucher gap is 15.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2006 at 14.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Jefferson County average of 4.3 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,457, close to the Homewood average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $72,324.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010706?
Census tract 01073010706 in the Lakewood Hills neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 01073010706?
Median gross rent is $1,457/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010706?
13.4% of residents in tract 01073010706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,397.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 37th, minority 67th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 01073010706 considered part of Lakewood Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073010706 fall within Lakewood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010706?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 896 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010706 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.67% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073010706 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073010706 compare to Homewood overall?
Tract 01073010706 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Homewood at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Homewood eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Homewood
Top eight tracts in Homewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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