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Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Bayou La Batre Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01097007300 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,048 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Bayou La Batre

The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 01097007300 reflects conditions in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $736 monthly, set against $34,202 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 19% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,467
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$34,202

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Bayou La Batre
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#13 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Very High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#156 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
National
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#15,522 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bayou La Batre and the region

Centroid at 30.3944, -88.2297 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bayou La Batre scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bayou La Batre
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$736 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bayou La Batre
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bayou La Batre
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bayou La Batre
7.9

How Bayou La Batre compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bayou La Batre risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 007300Bayou La Batre: 2.32.3Bayou La Batreparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 180Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 4.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.9%Peak (2013)
  • 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970073002001: 13 filings (3.06/100 renter HHs)2002: 13 filings (3.06/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (4.99/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (4.32/100 renter HHs)2008: 16 filings (5.32/100 renter HHs)2009: 21 filings (6.98/100 renter HHs)2013: 42 filings (6.94/100 renter HHs)2014: 17 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)2015: 18 filings (2.98/100 renter HHs)2016: 12 filings (2.13/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bayou La Batre

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $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 Bayou La Batre, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mobile County average of 4.9 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 19.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097007300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097007300?

Census tract 01097007300 in Bayou La Batre scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 01097007300?

Median gross rent is $736/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097007300?

28.9% of residents in tract 01097007300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,048.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097007300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 86th, minority 50th, housing 74th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097007300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 180 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097007300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.26% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01097007300 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.4% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01097007300 compare to Bayou La Batre overall?

Tract 01097007300 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Bayou La Batre at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bayou La Batre; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bayou La Batre

Top eight tracts in Bayou La Batre ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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