Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Midfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01073013200 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 2,741 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Midfield
Tract 01073013200 sits in Midfield, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. Population here is 2,741. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units940
Renter share42.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$50,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Midfield and the region
Centroid at 33.4571, -86.9089 · click any tract to drill in
Why Midfield scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Midfield
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,219 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Midfield
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Midfield
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Midfield
8.6
How Midfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 10%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)
- 129Total filings over 11 yrs
- 5.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2015)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 63% over the past 11 months.
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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 18.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.3%Food insecurity
- 26.8%SNAP enrollment
- 15.8%Transit barriers
- 11.0%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Midfield
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.7/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Court records carry 129 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.0% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 5.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073013200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073013200?
Census tract 01073013200 in Midfield scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 average rent in tract 01073013200?
Median gross rent is $1,219/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073013200?
17.6% of residents in tract 01073013200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,741.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073013200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 75th, minority 95th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073013200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073013200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.07% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01073013200 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01073013200 compare to Midfield overall?
Tract 01073013200 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Midfield at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Midfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 01073013200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Midfield
Top eight tracts in Midfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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