Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Farnell Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097002200 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,725 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 01097002200 sits in the Farnell area of Mobile eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. Population here is 2,725. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units967
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$47,117
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6490, -88.0984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Farnell scores 4.1
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 194Total filings over 10 yrs
- 6.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2007)
- 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% 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.
- 27.7%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.1%Food insecurity
- 33.2%SNAP enrollment
- 18.4%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 41.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Farnell
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Housing insecurity runs 27.7% against 14.2% nationally. Against Mobile County at 43.6%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 194 filings here across 10 tracked years. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. At $1,169 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Mobile commands.
Filings peaked in 2007 at 12.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Mobile County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097002200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002200?
Census tract 01097002200 in the Farnell neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 01097002200?
Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097002200?
16.1% of residents in tract 01097002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,725.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097002200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 78th, minority 90th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 01097002200 considered part of Farnell?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097002200 fall within Farnell (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097002200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.69% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097002200 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.7% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097002200 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097002200 scores 4.1/10, 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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