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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Sunrise East Eviction Risk: Moderate , Birmingham

Tract 01073005909 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,225 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 01073005909 covers the Sunrise East area of Birmingham in Alabama. Home to 2,225 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,438 monthly, set against $63,325 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 22% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units875
Renter share33.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate25.3%
Median income$63,325

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Sunrise East
Very High
Within parent city
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#49 of 71 tracts In Birmingham
Low
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#72 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Elevated
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#351 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.6119, -86.7209 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunrise East scores 5.2

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
25.3% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,438 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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: 5.25.2This tracttract 005909Birmingham: 2.92.9Birminghamparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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)

  • 120Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 7.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.4%Peak (2016)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730059092000: 1 filings (0.57/100 renter HHs)2001: 6 filings (3.40/100 renter HHs)2002: 10 filings (5.67/100 renter HHs)2003: 4 filings (2.27/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (3.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 10 filings (5.64/100 renter HHs)2012: 14 filings (11.57/100 renter HHs)2013: 16 filings (13.22/100 renter HHs)2014: 17 filings (14.05/100 renter HHs)2015: 13 filings (10.74/100 renter HHs)2016: 22 filings (10.43/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 2,100% 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 supply constraint at 6.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 12% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073005909

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073005909?

Census tract 01073005909 in the Sunrise East neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 01073005909?

Median gross rent is $1,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073005909?

25.3% of residents in tract 01073005909 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,225.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073005909?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 66th, minority 92th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 01073005909 considered part of Sunrise East?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073005909 fall within Sunrise East (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073005909?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 120 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073005909 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.41% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073005909 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.5% 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. 17.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073005909 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073005909 scores 5.2/10, 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 01073005909 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. 12% 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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