Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally

Prichard Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01097006106 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,316 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Prichard

In Prichard in Mobile County, census tract 01097006106 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,275 a month against an average household income of $70,875 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.3

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 12% Owners 80%

Tract context

Occupied units987

Renter share20.6%

SVI overall0.46

Poverty rate4.4%

Median income$70,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Prichard and the region

Centroid at 30.7980, -88.1131 · click any tract to drill in

Why Prichard scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

4.4% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$1,275 rent vs county FMR

6.7

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: 46

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

37%Socioeconomic
49%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
54%Housing & transportation

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.

12.2%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
16.8%Food insecurity
11.5%SNAP enrollment
9.0%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
17.1%Frequent mental distress
34.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Prichard

The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 8.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Prichard eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mobile County average of 4.9 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01097006106

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006106?

Census tract 01097006106 in Prichard scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01097006106?

Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006106?

4.4% of residents in tract 01097006106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,316.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006106?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 49th, minority 51th, housing 54th.

What share of households in tract 01097006106 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.2% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01097006106 compare to Prichard overall?

Tract 01097006106 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Prichard at 2.9/10. 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.