Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
North Birmingham Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 01073001600 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,849 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
The North Birmingham area of Birmingham anchors census tract 01073001600, which lands at 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 68% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $797 monthly, set against $22,200 in average yearly household income, roughly 43% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,036
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate33.4%
Median income$22,200
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5373, -86.8037 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Birmingham scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
33.4% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$797 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 42%Grade C
- 46%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)
- 706Total filings over 11 yrs
- 11.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.6%Peak (2001)
- 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 31.6%Housing insecurity
- 26.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.9%Food insecurity
- 47.0%SNAP enrollment
- 22.8%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 52.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Birmingham
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.4/10. 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 31.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 26.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 92nd 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 01073001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073001600?
Census tract 01073001600 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 01073001600?
Median gross rent is $797/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073001600?
33.4% of residents in tract 01073001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,849.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 85th, minority 86th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 01073001600 considered part of North Birmingham?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073001600 fall within North Birmingham (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073001600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 706 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.86% of renter households, peaking at 17.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.6% 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. 26.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073001600 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073001600 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 01073001600 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. 46% 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.
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