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Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Mobile Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01097003708 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,040

With a score of 4.7/10, tract 01097003708 in Mobile ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,040 residents. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.

47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,300 a month against an average household income of $73,792 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 23% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,949
Renter share43.6%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$73,792

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#68 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Very Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#97 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Low
Within state
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#942 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Low
National
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#49,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.6268, -88.1990 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mobile scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,300 rent vs county FMR
6.9
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.
Mobile risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 003708Mobile: 2.82.8Mobileparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 58Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.0%Peak (2016)
  • 15Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970037082001: 5 filings (2.87/100 renter HHs)2002: 5 filings (2.87/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (2.08/100 renter HHs)2007: 4 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)2008: 4 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (1.04/100 renter HHs)2013: 9 filings (2.31/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (1.54/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (1.80/100 renter HHs)2016: 15 filings (1.97/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mobile

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.9/10. 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 about the same as 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 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097003708

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003708?

Census tract 01097003708 in Mobile scores 3.5/10 (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 01097003708?

Median gross rent is $1,300/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003708?

7.4% of residents in tract 01097003708 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,040.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003708?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 29th, minority 49th, housing 36th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003708?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003708 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.48% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01097003708 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01097003708 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097003708 scores 3.5/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mobile

Top eight tracts in Mobile ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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