Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

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

Tract 01073005000 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,424 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

For landlords sizing up the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District neighborhood of Birmingham, census tract 01073005000 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,036 a month against an average household income of $60,703 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 29% Owners 39%

Tract context

Occupied units1,871

Renter share61.0%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate14.3%

Median income$60,703

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.4867, -86.8173 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District scores 4.5

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

14.3% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,036 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 Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

53%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
67%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
17%Grade B
35%Grade C
19%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)

447Total filings over 11 yrs
3.28%Avg annual filing rate
4.5%Peak (2001)
26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2016

Filings dropped 49% over the past 11 months.

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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
13.9%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
8.1%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
27.8%Any disability

Analysis

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

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Part of this tract, about 19% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073005000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005000?

Census tract 01073005000 in the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 01073005000?

Median gross rent is $1,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005000?

14.3% of residents in tract 01073005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,424.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 4th, minority 53th, housing 67th.

Is tract 01073005000 considered part of Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073005000 fall within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 447 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01073005000 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073005000 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073005000 scores 4.5/10, 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.

Was tract 01073005000 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. 19% 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org