Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Lipscomb Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073010500 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,390 · 77% of tract blocks fall in Lipscomb
Lipscomb is where census tract 01073010500 sits, home to 1,390 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.5/10. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,003 a month against an average household income of $47,292 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units483
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate30.0%
Median income$47,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lipscomb and the region
Centroid at 33.4296, -86.9179 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lipscomb scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lipscomb
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
30.0% poverty · this tract
7.5
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lipscomb
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lipscomb
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lipscomb
8.8
How Lipscomb compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
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)
- 60Total filings over 11 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2003)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 250% 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.
- 28.9%Housing insecurity
- 21.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.0%Food insecurity
- 36.7%SNAP enrollment
- 19.7%Transit barriers
- 17.2%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 48.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lipscomb
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 8.8/10. 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 Lipscomb, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 91st 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 28.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010500?
Census tract 01073010500 in Lipscomb scores 5.5/10 (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 01073010500?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010500?
30.0% of residents in tract 01073010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 94th, minority 94th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010500 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.9% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010500 compare to Lipscomb overall?
Tract 01073010500 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lipscomb at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lipscomb; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Related