Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Mobile Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01097003602 · Mobile County, AL · pop 1,360
With a score of 5/10, tract 01097003602 in Mobile, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,360. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units483
Renter share74.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate31.0%
Median income$45,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
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 30.6991, -88.1997 · 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
31.0% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$950 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Mobile compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 291Total filings over 10 yrs
- 9.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.9%Peak (2001)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 99% 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.
- 24.3%Housing insecurity
- 17.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.3%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 17.1%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mobile
27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 33.3% against 17.8% nationally. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Mobile County average of 43.6%.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 7.7/10. Housing insecurity runs 24.3% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.0 points above the Mobile County average of 4.0.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 291 filings here across 10 tracked years. Average gross rent is $950, 11% below the Mobile average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097003602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003602?
Census tract 01097003602 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 01097003602?
Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003602?
31.0% of residents in tract 01097003602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,360.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 91th, minority 92th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 291 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.74% of renter households, peaking at 19.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097003602 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.3% 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. 17.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097003602 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003602 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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