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Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally

Chimney Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Hoover

Tract 01073014404 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 6,358 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

For landlords sizing up the Chimney Hills area of Hoover, census tract 01073014404 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,409 a month against an average household income of $93,564 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 16% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,438
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$93,564

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Chimney Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 23 tracts In Hoover
Elevated
Within county
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 189 tracts In Jefferson County
Very Low
Within state
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#1,331 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hoover and the region

Centroid at 33.4323, -86.8214 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chimney Hills scores 2.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hoover
2.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hoover
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hoover
1.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hoover
2.0

How Chimney Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chimney Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.12.1This tracttract 014404Hoover: 2.22.2Hooverparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 274Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak (2013)
  • 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010730144042000: 15 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2001: 29 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2002: 35 filings (3.56/100 renter HHs)2003: 16 filings (1.63/100 renter HHs)2005: 21 filings (2.60/100 renter HHs)2006: 35 filings (4.33/100 renter HHs)2012: 28 filings (2.48/100 renter HHs)2013: 37 filings (3.28/100 renter HHs)2014: 16 filings (1.42/100 renter HHs)2015: 19 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2016: 23 filings (2.24/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 53% over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Chimney Hills. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chimney Hills

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 6.1/10. 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 Hoover 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 28th 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 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% 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 01073014404

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073014404?

Census tract 01073014404 in the Chimney Hills neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 average rent in tract 01073014404?

Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01073014404?

5.4% of residents in tract 01073014404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,358.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01073014404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 44th, minority 52th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 01073014404 considered part of Chimney Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073014404 fall within Chimney Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073014404?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 274 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073014404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01073014404 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01073014404 compare to Hoover overall?

Tract 01073014404 scores 2.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Hoover at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hoover eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 01073014404 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Hoover

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

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