South Crichton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097002700 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,004 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
In the South Crichton neighborhood of Mobile, census tract 01097002700 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $845 a month while the average household earns $17,788 a year, roughly 57% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Mobile and the region
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Why South Crichton scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow South Crichton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.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
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)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Crichton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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
What drives eviction risk in South Crichton
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Mobile eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mobile County average of 4.9 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 297 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.6% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 01097002700
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Highest-risk tracts in Mobile
Top eight tracts in Mobile ranked by composite eviction-risk score.