Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073004501 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,510 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 01073004501 covers part of the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District area of Birmingham, AL, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 100% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units38

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.07

Poverty rate19.1%

Median income$41,417

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.4983, -86.8073 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District scores 5.2

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

19.1% poverty · this tract

4.8

Supply constraint

$850 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 Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

9%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
69%Racial/ethnic minority
57%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
45%Grade C
55%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South 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.

11.5%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
16.6%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
11.8%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
25.1%Frequent mental distress
29.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

At $850 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Birmingham commands. The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

It sits 0.9 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3. SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $41,417.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073004501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073004501?

Census tract 01073004501 in the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 01073004501?

Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073004501?

19.1% of residents in tract 01073004501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,510.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073004501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 0th, minority 69th, housing 57th.

Is tract 01073004501 considered part of Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073004501 fall within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01073004501 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073004501 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073004501 scores 5.2/10, 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.

Was tract 01073004501 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. 55% 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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