2 census tracts · pop 2,319 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.9/10
· range 4.8–5
Orange Grove is a 2-tract neighborhood of Mobile, AL, population 2,319. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.9/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Mobile baseline of 33.0%, 60% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
40.5% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10.
Set annual rent against average household income of $25,806 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 36%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is a renter market: 79% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 19%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
At $823 a month, rents sit 23% under what the rest of Mobile commands. Court records carry 808 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. 20.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 3/10. The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 27.2% of renter households.
On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 6.8% in 2016, is well off that peak.
Among the 26 mapped neighborhoods of Mobile, it ranks #5 by risk, the upper third.
With little internal variation, 4.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Orange Grove vs MobileHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority100%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Orange Grove
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
808Total filings (sum)
8.09%Avg annual filing rate
27.2%Peak year (2002)
6.12%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Orange Grove
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
43.9%Housing insecurity
38.5%Utility shutoff threat
63.5%Food insecurity
65.8%SNAP enrollment
19.5%No health insurance
55.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Orange Grove
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Orange Grove?
Orange Grove scores 4.9/10 (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 Orange Grove compare to Mobile overall?
Orange Grove scores 1.3 points higher than Mobile overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $823 vs $1,068.
Q3
What is the average rent in Orange Grove?
Average gross rent in Orange Grove is $823/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Orange Grove residents are renters?
79% of Orange Grove households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Mobile). The neighborhood has 2,319 residents.
Q5
Is Orange Grove a high social-vulnerability area?
Orange Grove sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Orange Grove have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Orange Grove is census tract 01097000402 (score 5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.8 to 5, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Orange Grove for landlords?
Orange Grove carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.9/10). 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 Orange Grove?
Orange Grove has 2,235 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (99.6%), Other / Multiracial (0.3%), Hispanic / Latino (0.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
