Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
East Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073000100 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,677 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
01073000100 is a census tract in the East Lake area of Birmingham, AL. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,677 residents. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,089
Renter share51.1%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$37,568
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5805, -86.7229 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Lake scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Birmingham
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Birmingham
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Birmingham
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Birmingham
3.0
How East Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 4%Grade B
- 26%Grade C
- 43%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 425Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2005)
- 45Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Lake. 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.
- 29.2%Housing insecurity
- 22.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.8%Food insecurity
- 35.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 15.5%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 44.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Lake
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Disability prevalence runs 44.8% against 31.5% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Jefferson County average of 46.3%.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
It sits 1.0 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 425 filings here across 11 tracked years. Average gross rent is $973, 12% below the Birmingham average.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 7.7% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073000100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073000100?
Census tract 01073000100 in the East Lake neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 01073000100?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073000100?
19.9% of residents in tract 01073000100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,677.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073000100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 92th, minority 88th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 01073000100 considered part of East Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073000100 fall within East Lake (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073000100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 425 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073000100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.88% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073000100 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.2% 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. 22.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073000100 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073000100 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Birmingham at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 01073000100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 43% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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