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Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally

Carlen Eviction Risk: Lower , Mobile

Tract 01097002501 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,587 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

The Carlen neighborhood of Mobile anchors census tract 01097002501, which lands at 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #71,809 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,135 a month while the average household earns $115,663 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 17% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,720
Renter share25.8%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$115,663

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Carlen
Moderate
Within parent city
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#76 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Very Low
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#127 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Very Low
Within state
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#1,252 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.6798, -88.0933 · click any tract to drill in

Why Carlen scores 2.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mobile
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,135 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mobile
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mobile
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mobile
3.0

How Carlen compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Carlen risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.52.5This tracttract 002501Mobile: 2.82.8Mobileparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 137Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak (2006)
  • 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970025012001: 12 filings (2.33/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (2.33/100 renter HHs)2006: 20 filings (3.27/100 renter HHs)2007: 10 filings (1.64/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (1.15/100 renter HHs)2009: 11 filings (1.80/100 renter HHs)2013: 18 filings (3.57/100 renter HHs)2014: 19 filings (3.77/100 renter HHs)2015: 11 filings (2.18/100 renter HHs)2016: 17 filings (3.21/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 42% over the past 10 months.
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 Carlen

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.4/10. 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 Mobile eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Mobile County average of 4.9 and below the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Part of this tract, about 3% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097002501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002501?

Census tract 01097002501 in the Carlen neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 01097002501?

Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097002501?

4.2% of residents in tract 01097002501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,587.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097002501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 1th, minority 16th, housing 1th.
Q5

Is tract 01097002501 considered part of Carlen?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097002501 fall within Carlen (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097002501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 137 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097002501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.53% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01097002501 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.0% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01097002501 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097002501 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Mobile at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mobile eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 01097002501 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 3% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mobile

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

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