Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally

Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Birmingham

Tract 01073010701 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 1,704 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 01073010701, home to 1,704 residents in the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District area of Birmingham, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #25,220 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,109 a month against an average household income of $73,250 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 30% Owners 42%

Tract context

Occupied units659

Renter share58.0%

SVI overall0.61

Poverty rate14.2%

Median income$73,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Birmingham and the region

Centroid at 33.4777, -86.8081 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Birmingham

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

14.2% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,109 rent vs county FMR

3.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Birmingham

6.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Birmingham

7.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Birmingham

5.6

How Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

58%Socioeconomic
76%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
45%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
50%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%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)

711Total filings over 11 yrs
11.84%Avg annual filing rate
28.2%Peak (2016)
93Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2000 to 2016

Filings climbed 166% over the past 11 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District. 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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
12.8%Food insecurity
7.9%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
25.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 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 White and Black and ranks around the 61st 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01073010701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010701?

Census tract 01073010701 in the Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01073010701?

Median gross rent is $1,109/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010701?

14.2% of residents in tract 01073010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,704.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 76th, minority 56th, housing 45th.

Is tract 01073010701 considered part of Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073010701 fall within Cullom Street-Twelfth Street South Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 711 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.84% of renter households, peaking at 28.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 01073010701 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073010701 compare to Birmingham overall?

Tract 01073010701 scores 3.2/10, 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.

Was tract 01073010701 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org