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

Prichard Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01097004900 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,997 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Prichard

Tract 01097004900 covers Prichard in Alabama. Home to 2,997 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #15,438 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $818 a month against an average household income of $36,951 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 25% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,053
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate44.9%
Median income$36,951

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Prichard
High
Within county
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
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 Prichard and the region

Centroid at 30.7504, -88.1167 · click any tract to drill in

Why Prichard scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Prichard
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
44.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$818 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prichard
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prichard
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prichard
8.9

How Prichard compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Prichard risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 004900Prichard: 2.92.9Prichardparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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)

  • 192Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak (2009)
  • 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970049002001: 19 filings (3.13/100 renter HHs)2002: 17 filings (2.80/100 renter HHs)2006: 23 filings (3.19/100 renter HHs)2007: 21 filings (2.91/100 renter HHs)2008: 11 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2009: 24 filings (3.33/100 renter HHs)2013: 21 filings (3.53/100 renter HHs)2014: 14 filings (2.35/100 renter HHs)2015: 18 filings (3.03/100 renter HHs)2016: 24 filings (3.56/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 26% 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 Prichard

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Prichard eviction risk, 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 192 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.3% of renter households in 2009.

In CDC survey modeling, about 34.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 28.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 01097004900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097004900?

Census tract 01097004900 in Prichard 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 01097004900?

Median gross rent is $818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097004900?

44.9% of residents in tract 01097004900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,997.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097004900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 95th, minority 95th, housing 71th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097004900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 192 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097004900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.94% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01097004900 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.1% 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. 28.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01097004900 compare to Prichard overall?

Tract 01097004900 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Prichard at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prichard eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Prichard

Top eight tracts in Prichard ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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