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Farnell Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile

Tract 01097002100 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,065 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Eviction risk in the Farnell area of Mobile centers on tract 01097002100, which scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,065 residents. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,222 a month against an average household income of $38,160 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 56% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 26% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share55.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate41.4%
Median income$38,160

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Farnell
Very High
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#122 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.6442, -88.1118 · click any tract to drill in

Why Farnell scores 5.8

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
41.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,222 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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 Farnell compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Farnell risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 002100Mobile: 2.82.8Mobileparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 237Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 6.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.2%Peak (2016)
  • 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970021002001: 30 filings (11.49/100 renter HHs)2002: 16 filings (6.13/100 renter HHs)2006: 21 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2007: 22 filings (5.68/100 renter HHs)2008: 27 filings (6.98/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (4.13/100 renter HHs)2013: 23 filings (6.71/100 renter HHs)2014: 26 filings (7.58/100 renter HHs)2015: 25 filings (7.29/100 renter HHs)2016: 31 filings (6.22/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Farnell. 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 Farnell

The heaviest input here 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 Mobile 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 35.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 28.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01097002100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002100?

Census tract 01097002100 in the Farnell neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 01097002100?

Median gross rent is $1,222/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097002100?

41.4% of residents in tract 01097002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,065.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097002100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 37th, minority 88th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 01097002100 considered part of Farnell?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097002100 fall within Farnell (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097002100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 237 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.76% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01097002100 struggle to pay rent?

About 35.2% 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. 28.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01097002100 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097002100 scores 5.8/10, higher 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mobile

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

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