Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Gulfcrest Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01097005900 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,558 · 2% of tract blocks fall in Gulfcrest
Census tract 01097005900 belongs to Gulfcrest, Alabama. It is home to 4,558 residents and scores 4.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $963 a month while the average household earns $61,667 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,658
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$61,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gulfcrest and the region
Centroid at 31.0071, -88.2663 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gulfcrest scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gulfcrest
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gulfcrest
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gulfcrest
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gulfcrest
1.7
How Gulfcrest 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.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 32Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2001)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 71% 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 9.9%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gulfcrest
What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Gulfcrest, 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 12.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% 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 01097005900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097005900?
Census tract 01097005900 in Gulfcrest scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 01097005900?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097005900?
23.0% of residents in tract 01097005900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,558.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097005900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 52th, minority 21th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097005900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097005900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.62% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097005900 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097005900 compare to Gulfcrest overall?
Tract 01097005900 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Gulfcrest at 1.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gulfcrest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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