Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073003802 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,179
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 01073003802 in Birmingham, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,727
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$46,302
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4786, -86.8900 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birmingham scores 5.1
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
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,045 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Birmingham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 32%Grade C
- 35%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)
- 369Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2012)
- 29Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.7%Food insecurity
- 24.2%SNAP enrollment
- 14.0%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
Food insecurity runs 29.7% against 17.8% nationally. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Jefferson County average of 46.3%.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 369 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2012 at 5.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 5.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073003802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073003802?
Census tract 01073003802 in Birmingham scores 5.1/10 (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 01073003802?
Median gross rent is $1,045/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073003802?
19.2% of residents in tract 01073003802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,179.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073003802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 61th, minority 97th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073003802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 369 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073003802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.08% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073003802 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073003802 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073003802 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 01073003802 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. 35% 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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