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Pratt City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073001100 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,062 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

For landlords sizing up the Pratt City area of Birmingham, census tract 01073001100 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. That is riskier than about 59% of US census tracts.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $649 a month against an average household income of $53,288 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 15% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,709
Renter share29.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate28.7%
Median income$53,288

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Pratt City
Very High
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#27 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#122 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.5429, -86.8802 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pratt City scores 5.8

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
28.7% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$649 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 Pratt City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pratt City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 001100Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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)

  • 346Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2002)
  • 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730011002000: 28 filings (3.79/100 renter HHs)2001: 36 filings (4.87/100 renter HHs)2002: 41 filings (5.55/100 renter HHs)2003: 35 filings (4.74/100 renter HHs)2005: 35 filings (4.07/100 renter HHs)2006: 39 filings (4.54/100 renter HHs)2012: 21 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 29 filings (7.14/100 renter HHs)2014: 33 filings (8.13/100 renter HHs)2015: 28 filings (6.90/100 renter HHs)2016: 21 filings (2.61/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Pratt City. 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 Pratt City

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.2/10. 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 27% 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073001100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073001100?

Census tract 01073001100 in the Pratt City neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 01073001100?

Median gross rent is $649/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073001100?

28.7% of residents in tract 01073001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,062.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073001100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 85th, minority 97th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 01073001100 considered part of Pratt City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073001100 fall within Pratt City (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073001100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 346 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.23% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073001100 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.7% 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. 18.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073001100 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073001100 scores 5.8/10, 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 01073001100 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. 27% 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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