Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Farnell Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097002100 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,065 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 01097002100 sits in the Farnell area of Mobile eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Population here is 4,065. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
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 parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
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
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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 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.
- 35.2%Housing insecurity
- 28.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 51.1%Food insecurity
- 49.5%SNAP enrollment
- 25.7%Transit barriers
- 17.3%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 49.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Farnell
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 51.1% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Housing insecurity runs 35.2% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $38,160 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Mobile County average of 43.6%. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
It sits 1.0 points above the Mobile County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 237 filings here across 10 tracked years.
At $1,222 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Mobile commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.2% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097002100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002100?
Census tract 01097002100 in the Farnell neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 5/10, higher than the parent city of Mobile at 3.6/10. 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.
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