Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 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 belongs to Lakewood Hills in Homewood, Alabama. It is home to 6,172 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 66% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,375 a month while the average household earns $67,422 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.1
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
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
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 3.1
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
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Homewood eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 207 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 2.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 3.1/10 (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 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Homewood at 2.2/10. 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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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Very Low
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