Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Pelham Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01117030345 · Shelby County, AL · pop 3,052 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Pelham
Tract 01117030345 sits in Pelham eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Shelby County average of 40.0%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,320
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$96,129
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pelham and the region
Centroid at 33.2917, -86.7689 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pelham scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,799 rent vs county FMR
9.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 33Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2016)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 1,100% 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.
- 10.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pelham
The voucher gap is 42.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 9.2/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,799, 14% above the Pelham average. Against the Shelby County average of 3.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10. Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01117030345
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01117030345?
Census tract 01117030345 in Pelham 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 01117030345?
Median gross rent is $1,799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01117030345?
2.9% of residents in tract 01117030345 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01117030345?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 71th, minority 38th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01117030345?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 01117030345 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01117030345 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.2% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01117030345 compare to Pelham overall?
Tract 01117030345 scores 3/10, lower 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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