Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Smithfield Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham
Tract 01073005101 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 856 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 01073005101 in the Smithfield Historic District area of Birmingham, AL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 856. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units374
Renter share81.0%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate45.4%
Median income$30,222
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4946, -86.8348 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithfield Historic District scores 5.4
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
45.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$739 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Smithfield Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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
- 100%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)
- 944Total filings over 11 yrs
- 11.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.8%Peak (2001)
- 74Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Smithfield 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.
- 37.5%Housing insecurity
- 31.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 54.0%Food insecurity
- 53.7%SNAP enrollment
- 26.3%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 22.4%Frequent mental distress
- 52.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithfield Historic District
SNAP participation runs 53.7% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 54.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Average gross rent is $739, 33% below the Birmingham average.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.1 points above the Jefferson County average of 4.3.
Court records carry 944 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 14.8% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073005101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005101?
Census tract 01073005101 in the Smithfield Historic District neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 01073005101?
Median gross rent is $739/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005101?
45.4% of residents in tract 01073005101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 856.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 78th, minority 98th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 01073005101 considered part of Smithfield Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073005101 fall within Smithfield Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 944 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.72% of renter households, peaking at 14.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073005101 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.5% 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. 31.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073005101 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073005101 scores 5.4/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 01073005101 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. 100% 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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