Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Mobile Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01097003406 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,893
01097003406 is a census tract in Mobile, AL. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,893. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,112
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate44.9%
Median income$29,128
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
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 30.7140, -88.1460 · 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
44.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,005 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 91Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2014)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 43% 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.
- 26.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.1%Food insecurity
- 35.5%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 44.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mobile
Against Mobile County at 43.6%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $29,128, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. SNAP participation runs 35.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. It sits 1.0 points above the Mobile County average of 4.0.
Court records carry 91 eviction filings across 10 observed years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097003406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003406?
Census tract 01097003406 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 01097003406?
Median gross rent is $1,005/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003406?
44.9% of residents in tract 01097003406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 86th, minority 84th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003406?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.83% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097003406 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.1% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097003406 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003406 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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