Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 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
01097007300 is a census tract in Bayou La Batre, AL. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.5
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 county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
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 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 180Total filings over 10 yrs
- 4.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2013)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 19.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.0%Food insecurity
- 26.6%SNAP enrollment
- 15.2%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 45.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bayou La Batre
60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Mobile County average of 43.6%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. Food insecurity runs 33.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Mobile County average of 4.0.
SNAP participation runs 26.6% against 15.2% nationally. At $736 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Bayou La Batre commands. Court records carry 180 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097007300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097007300?
Census tract 01097007300 in Bayou La Batre scores 5.5/10 (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 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bayou La Batre at 4.1/10. 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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