Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 01073003803 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,293
Census tract 01073003803 belongs to Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama. It is home to 3,293 residents and scores 5.9/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #22,417 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,039 a month while the average household earns $37,718 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,601
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate35.4%
Median income$37,718
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4860, -86.8697 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birmingham scores 6.1
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
35.4% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$1,039 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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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
- 18%Grade C
- 82%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)
- 819Total filings over 11 yrs
- 9.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.0%Peak (2001)
- 41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 64% 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.
- 29.9%Housing insecurity
- 23.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.4%Food insecurity
- 39.9%SNAP enrollment
- 20.2%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 48.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
What moves this score most is economic stress at 8.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 23.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073003803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073003803?
Census tract 01073003803 in Birmingham scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 01073003803?
Median gross rent is $1,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073003803?
35.4% of residents in tract 01073003803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,293.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073003803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 88th, minority 97th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073003803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 819 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073003803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.14% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073003803 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.9% 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. 23.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073003803 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073003803 scores 6.1/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 01073003803 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. 82% 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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