Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Ensley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073003900 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,026 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 01073003900 reflects conditions in the Ensley area of Birmingham, Alabama. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $790 a month against an average household income of $33,409 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units596
Renter share47.3%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate29.3%
Median income$33,409
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4990, -86.8647 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ensley scores 5.7
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
29.3% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$790 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Ensley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 0%Grade C
- 79%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)
- 305Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2005)
- 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% 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.
- 27.5%Housing insecurity
- 20.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.3%Food insecurity
- 34.1%SNAP enrollment
- 18.5%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 46.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ensley
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 7.3/10. 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 305 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 5.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% of renter households in 2005.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.9% 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 01073003900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073003900?
Census tract 01073003900 in the Ensley neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 01073003900?
Median gross rent is $790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073003900?
29.3% of residents in tract 01073003900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,026.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073003900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 93th, minority 100th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 01073003900 considered part of Ensley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073003900 fall within Ensley (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073003900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 305 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073003900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.54% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073003900 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.5% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073003900 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073003900 scores 5.7/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 01073003900 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. 79% 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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