Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Marks Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073002303 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,515 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
01073002303 is a census tract in the Marks Village area of Birmingham, AL. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,515. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,098
Renter share65.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate35.9%
Median income$35,324
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5384, -86.7270 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marks Village scores 5.4
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
35.9% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$822 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Marks Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 0%Grade C
- 37%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)
- 828Total filings over 11 yrs
- 7.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2016)
- 145Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 164% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Marks Village. 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.
- 30.9%Housing insecurity
- 24.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.9%Food insecurity
- 38.9%SNAP enrollment
- 21.4%Transit barriers
- 13.9%No health insurance
- 21.8%Frequent mental distress
- 45.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marks Village
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, economic stress reads 9/10.
The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 30.9% against 14.2% nationally.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.5/10. This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Average gross rent is $822, 26% below the Birmingham average.
Disability prevalence runs 45.2% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 828 filings here across 11 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 15.1% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073002303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073002303?
Census tract 01073002303 in the Marks Village 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01073002303?
Median gross rent is $822/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073002303?
35.9% of residents in tract 01073002303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,515.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073002303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 86th, minority 98th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 01073002303 considered part of Marks Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073002303 fall within Marks Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073002303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 828 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073002303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.44% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073002303 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.9% 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. 24.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073002303 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073002303 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.
Q9
Was tract 01073002303 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. 37% 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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