2 census tracts · pop 3,877 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 4.4–4.6
Cox takes in 2 census tracts of Mobile, AL and houses 3,877 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Food insecurity affects 38.3% of adults, 20.5 points above the national rate. 21% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
SNAP participation is 32.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 39% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, ahead of the Mobile rate of 33.0%. The poverty rate is 20%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filings are well documented here: 393 across 2 observed tracts. On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 3/10.
The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 13.1% of renter households. Running cool is housing-court posture, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 6.2% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #11 of 26 neighborhoods in Mobile.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Cox vs MobileHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cox
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
393Total filings (sum)
6.27%Avg annual filing rate
13.1%Peak year (2002)
6.47%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cox
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
26.9%Housing insecurity
19.7%Utility shutoff threat
38.0%Food insecurity
32.6%SNAP enrollment
12.9%No health insurance
42.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cox
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cox?
Cox scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Cox compare to Mobile overall?
Cox scores 0.9 points higher than Mobile overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,011 vs $1,068.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cox?
Average gross rent in Cox is $1,011/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cox residents are renters?
45% of Cox households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Mobile). The neighborhood has 3,877 residents.
Q5
Is Cox a high social-vulnerability area?
Cox sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Cox have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Cox is census tract 01097002302 (score 4.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.4 to 4.6, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Cox for landlords?
Cox carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 Cox?
Cox has 3,677 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (82.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (16.5%), Other / Multiracial (0.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
