Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 01097006408 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097006408 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,272
Tract 01097006408, home to 3,272 residents in Mobile, scores 4.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #58,892 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $887 monthly, set against $83,561 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,490
Renter share23.9%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$83,561
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile County and the region
Centroid at 30.6478, -88.2341 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 01097006408 scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 01097006408 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 01097006408
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Alabama eviction laws law, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% 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 01097006408
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006408?
Census tract 01097006408 in Mobile County scores 2.8/10 (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 01097006408?
Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006408?
6.4% of residents in tract 01097006408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,272.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006408?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 7th, minority 45th, housing 62th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01097006408 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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