Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Mobile Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097003100 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,711
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 01097003100 in Mobile in Mobile County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,711 residents. It lands near the 21st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,121 a month while the average household earns $75,972 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,723
Renter share15.1%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$75,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6454, -88.1428 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mobile scores 3.8
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
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Mobile compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 78Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2009)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mobile
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.2/10. 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 below the Mobile County average of 4.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 78 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.5% of renter households in 2009.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097003100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003100?
Census tract 01097003100 in Mobile scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 01097003100?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003100?
12.1% of residents in tract 01097003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,711.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 88th, minority 43th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097003100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097003100 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003100 scores 3.8/10, higher than the parent city of Mobile at 2.8/10. 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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