Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073005701 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,484 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Birmingham
The Moderate-tier score of 4.7/10 for census tract 01073005701 reflects conditions in Birmingham, Alabama. It lands near the 30th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $968 monthly, set against $45,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units870
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$45,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4628, -86.8901 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birmingham scores 4.4
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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$968 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 Birmingham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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
- 64%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)
- 263Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2002)
- 38Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 90% 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.
- 22.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.0%Food insecurity
- 21.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 40.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
What moves this score most 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 263 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 6.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.9% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.3% 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 01073005701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005701?
Census tract 01073005701 in Birmingham scores 4.4/10 (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 01073005701?
Median gross rent is $968/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005701?
8.8% of residents in tract 01073005701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,484.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 75th, minority 98th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 263 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.25% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073005701 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.1% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073005701 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073005701 scores 4.4/10, 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 01073005701 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. 64% 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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