Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Lane Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Mountain Brook
Tract 01073010802 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,164 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 01073010802 (Lane Park in Mountain Brook, Alabama) comes in at 4.2/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 17th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $210,387 a year. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
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
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very 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 1.7
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 score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Mountain Brook eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Jefferson County average of 5.3 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 1.7/10 (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 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Mountain Brook at 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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