Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Woodlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073002305 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,023 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 4/10, tract 01073002305 in the Woodlawn area of Birmingham, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,023 residents. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share30.1%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$76,948
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5334, -86.7478 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodlawn scores 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
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,270 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Woodlawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 7%Grade B
- 49%Grade C
- 19%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)
- 606Total filings over 11 yrs
- 12.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.3%Peak (2001)
- 39Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Woodlawn. 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodlawn
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 606 filings here across 11 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,270, 15% above the Birmingham average.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 19.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 12.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073002305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073002305?
Census tract 01073002305 in the Woodlawn neighborhood scores 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 01073002305?
Median gross rent is $1,270/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073002305?
16.3% of residents in tract 01073002305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073002305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 4th, minority 54th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 01073002305 considered part of Woodlawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073002305 fall within Woodlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073002305?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 606 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073002305 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.45% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073002305 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073002305 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073002305 scores 4/10, right in line with 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 01073002305 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 19% 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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