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Anderson Place Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073004902 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,183 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01073004902 (Anderson Place Historic District in Birmingham, Alabama) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $960 a month while the average household earns $48,064 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 49% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,937
Renter share80.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$48,064

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Anderson Place Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Low
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#64 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#312 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.4936, -86.8011 · click any tract to drill in

Why Anderson Place Historic District scores 5.3

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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$960 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Anderson Place Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Anderson Place Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 004902Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

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.

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)

  • 1,076Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 7.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.1%Peak (2002)
  • 58Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730049022000: 139 filings (10.38/100 renter HHs)2001: 155 filings (11.58/100 renter HHs)2002: 175 filings (13.07/100 renter HHs)2003: 119 filings (8.89/100 renter HHs)2005: 58 filings (4.07/100 renter HHs)2006: 86 filings (6.03/100 renter HHs)2012: 79 filings (6.09/100 renter HHs)2013: 75 filings (5.78/100 renter HHs)2014: 79 filings (6.09/100 renter HHs)2015: 53 filings (4.09/100 renter HHs)2016: 58 filings (3.95/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Anderson Place 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Anderson Place Historic District

What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.4/10. 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 safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,076 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 7.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.1% of renter households in 2002.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01073004902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073004902?

Census tract 01073004902 in the Anderson Place Historic District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 01073004902?

Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073004902?

21.8% of residents in tract 01073004902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,183.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073004902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 0th, minority 50th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 01073004902 considered part of Anderson Place Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073004902 fall within Anderson Place Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073004902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,076 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073004902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.28% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073004902 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073004902 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073004902 scores 5.3/10, 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 01073004902 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. 0% 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.

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