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Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Pelham Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 01117030316 · Shelby County, AL · pop 4,401 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Pelham

Tract 01117030316 sits in Pelham eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 4,401 residents. Against Shelby County at 40.0%, 12% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 10% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,815
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$69,663

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Pelham
High
Within county
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 55 tracts In Shelby County
Elevated
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#714 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
National
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#54,273 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pelham and the region

Centroid at 33.3046, -86.8196 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pelham scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pelham
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,231 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pelham
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pelham
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pelham
5.5

How Pelham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pelham risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0303163.4Pelhamparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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

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)

  • 62Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2014)
  • 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01117030316
Filings climbed 180% over the past 7 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pelham

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10. Average gross rent is $1,231, 22% below the Pelham average.

SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 62 evictions over 7 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 35th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01117030316

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030316?

Census tract 01117030316 in Pelham scores 3.7/10 (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 01117030316?

Median gross rent is $1,231/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030316?

3.3% of residents in tract 01117030316 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,401.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030316?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 40th, minority 50th, housing 34th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030316?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030316 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.44% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 01117030316 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.3% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 01117030316 compare to Pelham overall?

Tract 01117030316 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Pelham at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pelham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pelham

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

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