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Neighborhood · Mobile, AL

Bridlewood Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 9,701 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10 · range 3–4.7

Bridlewood takes in 3 census tracts of Mobile, AL, population 9,701. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.3/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Mobile baseline of 33.0%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. 84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 4.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The filing record is not thin: 629 evictions logged in this tract.

On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 3/10. Food insecurity affects 27.1% of adults, 9.3 points above the national rate.

Filing activity peaked in 2007 at 14.9% of renter households. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 8.6% in 2016, is well off that peak.

Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Mobile, it ranks #13 by risk, the middle third. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.7 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Bridlewood vs Mobile How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
47.4% +44%
Mobile: 33.0%
Average gross rent
$1,034 -3%
Mobile: $1,068
Average HH income
$53,661 +5%
Mobile: $51,090
Poverty rate
18.6% -2%
Mobile: 18.9%
Renter share
83.6% +82%
Mobile: 46.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bridlewood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 3–4.7

Why Bridlewood scores 4.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.8–1.8 across tracts
1.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Rent control risk
47% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
84% renter households · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
18.6% below poverty line · Range 1.3–6.4 across tracts
4.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.7–5.6 across tracts
4.4
Risk score comparison

Bridlewood vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Bridlewood score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Bridlewood: 4.34.3BridlewoodNeighborhoodParent city: 3.63.6Parent cityhost cityState: 3.73.7Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Bridlewood?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 1.7 points from 3 to 4.7. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Bridlewood

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
01097003207 4.7 3,220 46% $1,165
01097002900 4.5 4,880 55% $950
01097003206 3 1,601 28% $1,024
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 76

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 84%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 33%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 81%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Bridlewood

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 629Total filings (sum)
  • 9.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.9%Peak year (2007)
  • 8.60%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bridlewood

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Bridlewood

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Bridlewood?

Bridlewood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Bridlewood compare to Mobile overall?

Bridlewood scores 0.7 points higher than Mobile overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,034 vs $1,068.
Q3

What is the average rent in Bridlewood?

Average gross rent in Bridlewood is $1,034/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Bridlewood residents are renters?

84% of Bridlewood households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Mobile). The neighborhood has 9,701 residents.
Q5

Is Bridlewood a high social-vulnerability area?

Bridlewood sits in the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Bridlewood have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Bridlewood is census tract 01097003207 (score 4.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.7, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7

How safe is Bridlewood for landlords?

Bridlewood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mobile as a whole (3.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Bridlewood?

Bridlewood has 9,586 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (62%), White (non-Hispanic) (26%), Hispanic / Latino (7.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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