Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
East Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073000100 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,677 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
The East Lake area of Birmingham anchors census tract 01073000100, which lands at 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 55% of US census tracts.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $973 a month while the average household earns $37,568 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
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
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
78
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
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Birmingham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 43% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 425 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 5.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.7% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 2.9/10. 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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