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Neighborhood · Mobile, AL

Sherwood Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 2,898 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10 · range 5–5

Sherwood is a one-tract neighborhood of Mobile, AL and houses 2,898 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, Moderate tier. 61% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Mobile rate of 33.0%.

What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 9.5/10. The poverty rate is 38%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Severe burden reaches 27%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 1/10. Food insecurity affects 31.2% of adults, 13.4 points above the national rate.

SNAP participation is 27.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 319 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2009 at 9.2% of renter households.

On the softer side is tenant-organizing strength, at 3/10. The most recent observed rate, 3.9% in 2016, is well off that peak.

That places it #2 of 26 neighborhoods in Mobile.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sherwood vs Mobile How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
61.0% +85%
Mobile: 33.0%
Average gross rent
$1,023 -4%
Mobile: $1,068
Average HH income
$41,146 -19%
Mobile: $51,090
Poverty rate
37.8% +100%
Mobile: 18.9%
Renter share
54.4% +18%
Mobile: 46.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sherwood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5–5

Why Sherwood scores 5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 1.8–1.8 across tracts
1.8
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Rent control risk
61% of income on rent · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
54% renter households · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.0–3.0 across tracts
3.0
Economic stress
37.8% below poverty line · Range 9.5–9.5 across tracts
9.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Risk score comparison

Sherwood vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Sherwood score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.0SherwoodNeighborhood3.6Parent cityhost city3.7Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Sherwood

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
01097007400 5 2,898 61% $1,023
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 72

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 70%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 73%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 75%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sherwood

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 319Total filings (sum)
  • 5.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.2%Peak year (2009)
  • 3.87%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sherwood

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Sherwood

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Sherwood?

Sherwood scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Sherwood compare to Mobile overall?

Sherwood scores 1.4 points higher than Mobile overall (3.6/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,023 vs $1,068.
Q3

What is the average rent in Sherwood?

Average gross rent in Sherwood is $1,023/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Sherwood residents are renters?

54% of Sherwood households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Mobile). The neighborhood has 2,898 residents.
Q5

Is Sherwood a high social-vulnerability area?

Sherwood sits in the 72nd 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

How safe is Sherwood for landlords?

Sherwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Sherwood?

Sherwood has 3,013 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (36.5%), Other / Multiracial (9.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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