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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Sunrise East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073005905 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 6,916 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

For landlords sizing up the Sunrise East neighborhood of Birmingham, census tract 01073005905 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. It lands near the 51st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,127 monthly, set against $53,463 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 21% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,080
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$53,463

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Sunrise East
Moderate
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Low
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#77 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#438 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.6045, -86.7007 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunrise East scores 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
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,127 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Sunrise East compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sunrise East risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 005905Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

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.

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)

  • 268Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 5.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.9%Peak (2016)
  • 51Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730059052000: 12 filings (4.65/100 renter HHs)2001: 20 filings (7.75/100 renter HHs)2002: 22 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (3.88/100 renter HHs)2005: 24 filings (5.71/100 renter HHs)2006: 22 filings (5.24/100 renter HHs)2012: 21 filings (3.12/100 renter HHs)2013: 25 filings (3.71/100 renter HHs)2014: 30 filings (4.45/100 renter HHs)2015: 31 filings (4.60/100 renter HHs)2016: 51 filings (6.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 325% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sunrise East. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunrise East

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 29.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073005905

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005905?

Census tract 01073005905 in the Sunrise East neighborhood 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 01073005905?

Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005905?

18.0% of residents in tract 01073005905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,916.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005905?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 91th, minority 91th, housing 16th.
Q5

Is tract 01073005905 considered part of Sunrise East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073005905 fall within Sunrise East (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005905?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 268 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005905 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.32% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073005905 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.0% 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. 22.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073005905 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073005905 scores 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.
Q9

Was tract 01073005905 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. 17% 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.

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