Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Prichard Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 01097004900 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,997 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Prichard
01097004900 is a census tract in Prichard, AL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,997. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,053
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate44.9%
Median income$36,951
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prichard and the region
Centroid at 30.7504, -88.1167 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prichard scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Prichard
5.0
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
$818 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prichard
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prichard
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prichard
8.9
How Prichard compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 192Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2009)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 26% 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.
- 34.1%Housing insecurity
- 28.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 52.0%Food insecurity
- 51.6%SNAP enrollment
- 25.4%Transit barriers
- 16.6%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 51.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prichard
The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Housing insecurity runs 34.1% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 28.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Mobile County average of 4.0. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10.
37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Mobile County average of 43.6%. The filing record is not thin: 192 evictions over 10 years of observation. At $818 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Prichard commands.
Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097004900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097004900?
Census tract 01097004900 in Prichard scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 01097004900?
Median gross rent is $818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097004900?
44.9% of residents in tract 01097004900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,997.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097004900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 95th, minority 95th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097004900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 192 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097004900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.94% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097004900 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.1% 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. 28.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097004900 compare to Prichard overall?
Tract 01097004900 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Prichard at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prichard eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Prichard
Top eight tracts in Prichard ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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