Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Lakewood Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Homewood
Tract 01073010704 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 6,172 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 01073010704 covers part of the Lakewood Hills area of Homewood, AL, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,172. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,540
Renter share60.8%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$67,422
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Homewood and the region
Centroid at 33.4614, -86.8006 · 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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 25%Grade B
- 25%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)
- 207Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2012)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lakewood Hills
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 207 evictions over 11 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 2.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Jefferson County average of 4.3 closely. Average gross rent is $1,375, close to the Homewood average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $67,422.
61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010704?
Census tract 01073010704 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 01073010704?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010704?
12.0% of residents in tract 01073010704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 6th, minority 52th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 01073010704 considered part of Lakewood Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073010704 fall within Lakewood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.71% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073010704 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073010704 compare to Homewood overall?
Tract 01073010704 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.
Q9
Was tract 01073010704 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Homewood
Top eight tracts in Homewood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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