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Smithfield Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073001400 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,188 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 01073001400 covers part of the Smithfield Historic District area of Birmingham, AL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,188. 50% 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 26% Stable renters 17% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units751

Renter share42.9%

SVI overall0.70

Poverty rate51.9%

Median income$33,140

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.5262, -86.8352 · click any tract to drill in

Why Smithfield Historic District 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

51.9% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$914 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Smithfield Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

96%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
99%Racial/ethnic minority
32%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
0%Grade B
3%Grade C
96%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)

188Total filings over 11 yrs
4.90%Avg annual filing rate
6.5%Peak (2001)
6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2016

Filings dropped 76% over the past 11 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Smithfield Historic District. 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.

31.1%Housing insecurity
25.7%Utility-shutoff threat
46.9%Food insecurity
44.0%SNAP enrollment
22.2%Transit barriers
17.2%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
51.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Smithfield Historic District

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 44.0% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 52%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Cost burden runs 60% here against 46.3% across Jefferson County. Disability prevalence runs 51.6% against 31.5% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $33,140 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Average gross rent is $914, 17% below the Birmingham average. Court records carry 188 eviction filings across 11 observed years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 6.5% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Birmingham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073001400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073001400?

Census tract 01073001400 in the Smithfield Historic District 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.

What is the average rent in tract 01073001400?

Median gross rent is $914/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073001400?

51.9% of residents in tract 01073001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,188.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073001400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 15th, minority 99th, housing 32th.

Is tract 01073001400 considered part of Smithfield Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073001400 fall within Smithfield Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073001400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 188 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.90% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01073001400 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.1% 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. 25.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073001400 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073001400 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.

Was tract 01073001400 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. 96% 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org