Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lane Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Mountain Brook
Tract 01073010802 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,164 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
01073010802 is a census tract in the Lane Park area of Mountain Brook, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,164 residents. Cost burden runs 18% here against 46.3% across Jefferson County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,727
Renter share3.2%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$210,387
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mountain Brook and the region
Centroid at 33.4869, -86.7636 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lane Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mountain Brook
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mountain Brook
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mountain Brook
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mountain Brook
3.3
How Lane Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 61%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 27Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2006)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lane Park. 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.
- 4.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.7%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lane Park
The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
SNAP participation runs 2.5% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 filings here across 10 tracked years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2006 at 3.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.2/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073010802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073010802?
Census tract 01073010802 in the Lane Park neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073010802?
8.5% of residents in tract 01073010802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,164.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073010802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 8th, minority 1th, housing 12th.
Q4
Is tract 01073010802 considered part of Lane Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073010802 fall within Lane Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073010802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01073010802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.79% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073010802 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.2% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073010802 compare to Mountain Brook overall?
Tract 01073010802 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Mountain Brook at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountain Brook eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 01073010802 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 8% 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 Mountain Brook
Top eight tracts in Mountain Brook ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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