Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally

Vestridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Vestavia Hills

Tract 01073012916 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 3,718 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

How risky is the Vestridge area of Vestavia Hills for landlords? Census tract 01073012916 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,225 a month against an average household income of $91,250 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.

Risk score

2.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 20% Owners 69%

Tract context

Occupied units1,516

Renter share31.3%

SVI overall0.12

Poverty rate5.5%

Median income$91,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Vestavia Hills and the region

Centroid at 33.4249, -86.7848 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vestridge scores 2.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Vestavia Hills

6.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.7

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

5.5% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$1,225 rent vs county FMR

4.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Vestavia Hills

6.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.7

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Vestavia Hills

5.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Vestavia Hills

5.5

How Vestridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 12

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

8%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
30%Racial/ethnic minority
13%Housing & transportation

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.

6.4%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
7.9%Food insecurity
4.6%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
4.9%No health insurance
13.3%Frequent mental distress
27.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Vestridge

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 Vestavia Hills 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 safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 12th 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 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% 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 01073012916

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073012916?

Census tract 01073012916 in the Vestridge neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 01073012916?

Median gross rent is $1,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073012916?

5.5% of residents in tract 01073012916 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,718.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073012916?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 54th, minority 30th, housing 13th.

Is tract 01073012916 considered part of Vestridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073012916 fall within Vestridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01073012916 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01073012916 compare to Vestavia Hills overall?

Tract 01073012916 scores 2.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Vestavia Hills at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vestavia Hills eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Vestavia Hills

Top eight tracts in Vestavia Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.