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Smithfield Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073003001 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,501 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 5.1/10, tract 01073003001 in the Smithfield Historic District area of Birmingham ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,501 residents. That is riskier than about 44% of US census tracts.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $972 monthly, set against $56,917 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 11% Owners 79%

Tract context

Occupied units715

Renter share21.7%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate12.5%

Median income$56,917

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.5125, -86.8577 · click any tract to drill in

Why Smithfield Historic District scores 4.5

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

12.5% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$972 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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: 55

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

71%Socioeconomic
3%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
78%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
26%Grade B
34%Grade C
2%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)

449Total filings over 11 yrs
8.80%Avg annual filing rate
13.1%Peak (2001)
17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2016

Filings dropped 73% 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.

16.5%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
23.1%Food insecurity
16.4%SNAP enrollment
12.7%Transit barriers
8.4%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
37.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Smithfield Historic District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 449 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 8.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.1% of renter households in 2001.

In CDC survey modeling, about 16.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073003001

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073003001?

Census tract 01073003001 in the Smithfield Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 01073003001?

Median gross rent is $972/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073003001?

12.5% of residents in tract 01073003001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,501.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073003001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 3th, minority 74th, housing 78th.

Is tract 01073003001 considered part of Smithfield Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073003001 fall within Smithfield Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073003001?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 449 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073003001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.80% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01073003001 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.5% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073003001 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073003001 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Was tract 01073003001 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. 2% 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