Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Gardendale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01073011708 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 5,669 · 45% of tract blocks fall in Gardendale
For landlords sizing up Gardendale in Jefferson County, census tract 01073011708 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #31,333 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 84% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $87,985 a year. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,373
Renter share14.5%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$87,985
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardendale and the region
Centroid at 33.6507, -86.8477 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardendale scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gardendale
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardendale
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardendale
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardendale
5.3
How Gardendale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardendale
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.2/10. 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 Gardendale 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 White and Black and ranks around the 6th 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 10.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% 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 01073011708
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073011708?
Census tract 01073011708 in Gardendale scores 2.5/10 (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 01073011708?
9.2% of residents in tract 01073011708 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,669.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073011708?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 11th, minority 48th, housing 9th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 01073011708 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 01073011708 compare to Gardendale overall?
Tract 01073011708 scores 2.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Gardendale at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardendale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gardendale
Top eight tracts in Gardendale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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