Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
South Crichton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097002700 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,004 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 01097002700 covers part of the South Crichton area of Mobile, AL, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units983
Renter share70.8%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate54.7%
Median income$17,788
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6950, -88.1141 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Crichton 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
54.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$845 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 South Crichton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 297Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2013)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Crichton. 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.
- 38.4%Housing insecurity
- 32.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 57.5%Food insecurity
- 58.6%SNAP enrollment
- 29.9%Transit barriers
- 18.8%No health insurance
- 23.7%Frequent mental distress
- 55.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Crichton
Set annual rent against average income of $17,788 and the ratio lands at 57%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Mobile County average of 43.6%.
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Housing insecurity runs 38.4% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 55%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 55.2% against 31.5% nationally. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Average gross rent is $845, 21% below the Mobile average. It sits 1.0 points above the Mobile County average of 4.0.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097002700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002700?
Census tract 01097002700 in the South Crichton 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 01097002700?
Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097002700?
54.7% of residents in tract 01097002700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,004.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097002700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 86th, minority 87th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 01097002700 considered part of South Crichton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097002700 fall within South Crichton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097002700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 297 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097002700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.02% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097002700 struggle to pay rent?
About 38.4% 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. 32.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097002700 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097002700 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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