Within parent city
90
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Mobile Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01097003205 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,289
With a score of 5/10, tract 01097003205 in Mobile, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,019
Renter share71.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$28,307
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6610, -88.1416 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mobile 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
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$761 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 1,004Total filings over 10 yrs
- 12.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.9%Peak (2002)
- 79Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 29.5%Housing insecurity
- 21.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.4%Food insecurity
- 35.6%SNAP enrollment
- 20.5%Transit barriers
- 14.5%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 41.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mobile
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. SNAP participation runs 35.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.6/10. 71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Set annual rent against average income of $28,307 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. At $761 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Mobile commands.
Housing insecurity runs 29.5% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against Mobile County at 43.6%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Against the Mobile County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,004 filings here across 10 tracked years.
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 01097003205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003205?
Census tract 01097003205 in Mobile 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 01097003205?
Median gross rent is $761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003205?
34.4% of residents in tract 01097003205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,289.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 86th, minority 88th, housing 45th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,004 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.25% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097003205 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.5% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097003205 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003205 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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