Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Chimney Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Hoover
Tract 01073014405 · Jefferson County, AL · pop 4,306 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
01073014405 is a census tract in the Chimney Hills area of Hoover, AL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Against Jefferson County at 46.3%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,701
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$73,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hoover and the region
Centroid at 33.4217, -86.8274 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chimney Hills scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
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)
- 466Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.5%Peak (2002)
- 54Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chimney Hills
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Against the Jefferson County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. The filing record is not thin: 466 evictions over 11 years of observation.
SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,308 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Hoover commands. Filings peaked in 2002 at 12.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01073014405
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01073014405?
Census tract 01073014405 in the Chimney Hills neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 01073014405?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01073014405?
13.3% of residents in tract 01073014405 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,306.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01073014405?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 20th, minority 59th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 01073014405 considered part of Chimney Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01073014405 fall within Chimney Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01073014405?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 466 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 01073014405 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.65% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01073014405 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01073014405 compare to Hoover overall?
Tract 01073014405 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Hoover at 3.2/10. 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.
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