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

North Birmingham Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 01073000800 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,904 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

With a score of $1/10, tract 01073000800 in North Birmingham in Birmingham ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,904 residents. On the national scale it ranks #19,872 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

62% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $878 a month against an average household income of $25,323 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 18% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share48.2%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate39.4%
Median income$25,323

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In North Birmingham
Very High
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#4 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 33.5494, -86.8361 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Birmingham 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
39.4% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$878 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 North Birmingham compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Birmingham risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.36.3This tracttract 000800Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 656Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 7.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.0%Peak (2001)
  • 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730008002000: 91 filings (8.93/100 renter HHs)2001: 92 filings (9.02/100 renter HHs)2002: 77 filings (7.55/100 renter HHs)2003: 87 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2005: 84 filings (11.42/100 renter HHs)2006: 65 filings (8.84/100 renter HHs)2012: 39 filings (5.71/100 renter HHs)2013: 35 filings (5.12/100 renter HHs)2014: 27 filings (3.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 30 filings (4.39/100 renter HHs)2016: 29 filings (4.04/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 68% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Birmingham. 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 North Birmingham

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.9/10. 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 656 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.0% of renter households in 2001.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 42% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073000800?

Census tract 01073000800 in the North Birmingham 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 01073000800?

Median gross rent is $878/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073000800?

39.4% of residents in tract 01073000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,904.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 66th, minority 96th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 01073000800 considered part of North Birmingham?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073000800 fall within North Birmingham (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073000800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 656 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.05% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.7% 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. 26.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073000800 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073000800 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 01073000800 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. 42% 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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