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Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally

Woodlawn Eviction Risk: Elevated , Birmingham

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

The Woodlawn area of Birmingham is where census tract 01073000500 sits, home to 2,995 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #22,412 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $667 a month while the average household earns $12,500 a year, roughly 64% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
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
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Woodlawn
Very High
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#15 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 6.3

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 / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 000500Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg 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 010730005002000: 110 filings (11.62/100 renter HHs)2001: 108 filings (11.40/100 renter HHs)2002: 110 filings (11.62/100 renter HHs)2003: 72 filings (7.60/100 renter HHs)2005: 55 filings (6.40/100 renter HHs)2006: 68 filings (7.92/100 renter HHs)2012: 99 filings (11.58/100 renter HHs)2013: 48 filings (5.61/100 renter HHs)2014: 61 filings (7.13/100 renter HHs)2015: 35 filings (4.09/100 renter HHs)2016: 65 filings (8.24/100 renter HHs)
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

What moves this score most 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 above 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 831 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 8.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.6% of renter households in 2000.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 64% 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073000500

Q1

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

Census tract 01073000500 in the Woodlawn neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 6.3/10, 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 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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