Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Birmingham Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073005702 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,758
01073005702 is a census tract in Birmingham, AL. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,758. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,301
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$40,634
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Birmingham and the region
Centroid at 33.4699, -86.8743 · click any tract to drill in
Why Birmingham scores 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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
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 Birmingham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 13%Grade C
- 58%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)
- 219Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2001)
- 19Filings 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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 16.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.7%Food insecurity
- 26.9%SNAP enrollment
- 15.0%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 43.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Birmingham
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 32.7% against 17.8% nationally.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The filing record is not thin: 219 evictions over 11 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $960 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Birmingham commands.
Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2001, when 10.0% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Birmingham. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073005702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005702?
Census tract 01073005702 in Birmingham scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01073005702?
Median gross rent is $960/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005702?
16.8% of residents in tract 01073005702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,758.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 84th, minority 94th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 219 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.37% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073005702 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 16.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073005702 compare to Birmingham overall?
Tract 01073005702 scores 5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 01073005702 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. 58% 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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