Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Vestavia Lake Eviction Risk: Lower , Vestavia Hills
Tract 01073012905 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,655 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
01073012905 is a census tract in the Vestavia Lake area of Vestavia Hills, AL. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 58% here against 46.3% across Jefferson County.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,458
Renter share8.3%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$205,909
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vestavia Hills and the region
Centroid at 33.4538, -86.7743 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vestavia Lake scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,159 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vestavia Hills
5.5
How Vestavia Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%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)
- 53Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2005)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Vestavia Lake. 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.4%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vestavia Lake
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,159, 23% below the Vestavia Hills average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 53 filings here across 10 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Jefferson County average of 4.3. Filings peaked in 2005 at 3.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 1.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073012905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012905?
Census tract 01073012905 in the Vestavia Lake neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 01073012905?
Median gross rent is $1,159/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012905?
28.0% of residents in tract 01073012905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,655.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 25th, minority 16th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 01073012905 considered part of Vestavia Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073012905 fall within Vestavia Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073012905?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01073012905 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.75% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073012905 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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 01073012905 compare to Vestavia Hills overall?
Tract 01073012905 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Vestavia Hills at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vestavia Hills eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 01073012905 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Vestavia Hills
Top eight tracts in Vestavia Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.4
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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