Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 01097006503 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097006503 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,405
Census tract 01097006503 belongs to Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama. It is home to 3,405 residents and scores 4.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 15th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 28% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $962 a month against an average household income of $118,555 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,229
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$118,555
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile County and the region
Centroid at 30.6173, -88.2854 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 01097006503 scores 2.2
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$962 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 01097006503 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 0%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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 01097006503
What moves this score most 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 below the Mobile County average of 4.9 and below 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 2nd 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 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% 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 01097006503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006503?
Census tract 01097006503 in Mobile County scores 2.2/10 (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 01097006503?
Median gross rent is $962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006503?
7.0% of residents in tract 01097006503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,405.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 21th, minority 34th, housing 0th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01097006503 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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