Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Semmes Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 01097006307 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,295 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Semmes

Semmes anchors census tract 01097006307, which lands at 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 27th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

25% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $64,877 a year. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 18% Owners 76%

Tract context

Occupied units1,348

Renter share23.4%

SVI overall0.36

Poverty rate17.5%

Median income$64,877

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Semmes and the region

Centroid at 30.7704, -88.2456 · click any tract to drill in

Why Semmes scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Semmes

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.4

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

17.5% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Semmes

3.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Semmes

5.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Semmes

5.3

How Semmes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

27%Socioeconomic
24%Household composition
46%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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
16.3%Food insecurity
11.1%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
8.7%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
34.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Semmes

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 5.8/10. 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 Semmes, 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 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 36th 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 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% 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 01097006307

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006307?

Census tract 01097006307 in Semmes 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.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006307?

17.5% of residents in tract 01097006307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,295.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006307?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 24th, minority 46th, housing 62th.

What share of households in tract 01097006307 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01097006307 compare to Semmes overall?

Tract 01097006307 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Semmes at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Semmes; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Semmes

Top eight tracts in Semmes ranked by composite eviction-risk score.