Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Dauphin Island Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097007204 · Mobile County, AL · pop 1,783 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Dauphin Island
In Dauphin Island, census tract 01097007204 scores 4.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $77,784 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units597
Renter share4.4%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$77,784
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dauphin Island and the region
Centroid at 30.3449, -88.1717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dauphin Island scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dauphin Island
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dauphin Island
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dauphin Island
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dauphin Island
5.6
How Dauphin Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dauphin Island
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Dauphin Island, 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.
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 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097007204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097007204?
Census tract 01097007204 in Dauphin Island scores 3.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 01097007204?
14.8% of residents in tract 01097007204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,783.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097007204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 84th, minority 25th, housing 21th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 01097007204 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 01097007204 compare to Dauphin Island overall?
Tract 01097007204 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Dauphin Island at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dauphin Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dauphin Island
Top eight tracts in Dauphin Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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