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Woodlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073000500 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,995 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 01073000500 sits in the Woodlawn area of Birmingham eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 2,995. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 26% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,354
Renter share78.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate67.9%
Median income$12,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Woodlawn
Elevated
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#52 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Elevated
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#73 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.5445, -86.7749 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodlawn scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
67.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$667 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Woodlawn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodlawn risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0005004.0Birminghamparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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

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.

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)

  • 831Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 8.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.6%Peak (2000)
  • 65Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01073000500
Filings dropped 41% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Woodlawn. 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 Woodlawn

Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, roughly two in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 64% of average household income of $12,500, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

Disability prevalence runs 60.0% against 31.5% nationally. The poverty rate is 68%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $667, 40% below the Birmingham average.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 22.3% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 831 filings here across 11 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2000 at 11.6% of renter households.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073000500?

Census tract 01073000500 in the Woodlawn neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 01073000500?

Median gross rent is $667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073000500?

67.9% of residents in tract 01073000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,995.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 96th, minority 99th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 01073000500 considered part of Woodlawn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073000500 fall within Woodlawn (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 831 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.47% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 44.2% 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. 39.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073000500 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073000500 scores 5.4/10, 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 01073000500 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. 64% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Birmingham

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

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