Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Saraland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097005400 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,612 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Saraland
With a score of 3/10, tract 01097005400 in Saraland, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,612 residents. Cost burden runs 59% here against 43.6% across Mobile County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,128
Renter share39.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$52,658
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saraland and the region
Centroid at 30.8030, -88.0882 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saraland scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saraland
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,056 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saraland
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saraland
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saraland
6.2
How Saraland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 228Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2007)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saraland
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Mobile County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 228 filings here across 10 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2007, when 6.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,056, close to the Saraland average.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $52,658. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097005400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097005400?
Census tract 01097005400 in Saraland scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01097005400?
Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097005400?
7.1% of residents in tract 01097005400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,612.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097005400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 71th, minority 34th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097005400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 228 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097005400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.83% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097005400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097005400 compare to Saraland overall?
Tract 01097005400 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Saraland at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saraland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saraland
Top eight tracts in Saraland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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