Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Ensley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073003700 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,511 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 01073003700 covers part of the Ensley area of Birmingham, AL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,667
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$27,679
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4969, -86.8908 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ensley 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
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$855 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Ensley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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
- 4%Grade B
- 86%Grade C
- 9%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)
- 729Total filings over 11 yrs
- 7.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2016)
- 90Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 73% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ensley. 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
- 25.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.1%Food insecurity
- 42.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.5%Transit barriers
- 13.4%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 47.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ensley
Food insecurity runs 45.1% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 42.6% against 15.2% nationally. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $27,679, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. At $855 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Birmingham commands.
Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. The filing record is not thin: 729 evictions over 11 years of observation.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073003700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073003700?
Census tract 01073003700 in the Ensley 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 01073003700?
Median gross rent is $855/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073003700?
30.0% of residents in tract 01073003700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,511.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073003700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 86th, minority 94th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 01073003700 considered part of Ensley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073003700 fall within Ensley (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073003700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 729 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073003700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.10% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073003700 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. 25.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073003700 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073003700 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 01073003700 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. 9% 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.
Tract · AL
01073005908
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Fourth Avenue Historic District
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Ensley
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Highland Avenue Historic District
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
North Birmingham
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Ensley
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Marks Village
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · AL
Marks Village
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Related