Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073005600 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,226 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Birmingham
How risky is Birmingham in Jefferson County for landlords? Census tract 01073005600 scores 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,168 a month while the average household earns $73,455 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,284
Renter share39.7%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$73,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.5203, -86.7266 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birmingham scores 3.5
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Birmingham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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
- 0%Grade B
- 21%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 262Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2001)
- 36Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
The heaviest input here is 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 below the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% 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 01073005600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005600?
Census tract 01073005600 in Birmingham scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 01073005600?
Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005600?
4.3% of residents in tract 01073005600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,226.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 24th, minority 27th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 262 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.24% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073005600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073005600 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073005600 scores 3.5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 01073005600 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. 13% 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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