Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Sylvan Springs Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073012302 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,458 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Sylvan Springs
Here is how census tract 01073012302, in Sylvan Springs, looks to a landlord: a 4.3/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,458. That is riskier than about 19% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $969 a month against an average household income of $90,060 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,426
Renter share18.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$90,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sylvan Springs and the region
Centroid at 33.5454, -87.0804 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sylvan Springs scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sylvan Springs
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sylvan Springs
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sylvan Springs
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sylvan Springs
3.2
How Sylvan Springs compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 29Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2002)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sylvan Springs
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.1/10. 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 Sylvan Springs, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073012302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012302?
Census tract 01073012302 in Sylvan Springs scores 2.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 01073012302?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012302?
6.6% of residents in tract 01073012302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,458.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 27th, minority 16th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073012302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073012302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.32% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073012302 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073012302 compare to Sylvan Springs overall?
Tract 01073012302 scores 2.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Sylvan Springs at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sylvan Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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