Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Crichton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile

Tract 01097000801 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,281 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

In Crichton in Mobile, census tract 01097000801 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 33% of US census tracts.

47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,159 monthly, set against $44,293 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 34% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units1,397

Renter share63.8%

SVI overall0.81

Poverty rate13.1%

Median income$44,293

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.7056, -88.0936 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crichton scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Mobile

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.4

State political climate

Alabama legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

13.1% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$1,159 rent vs county FMR

5.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Mobile

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Mobile

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Mobile

3.0

How Crichton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

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

80%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
1%Grade B
1%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.

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.

19.8%Housing insecurity
13.5%Utility-shutoff threat
26.6%Food insecurity
19.6%SNAP enrollment
12.9%Transit barriers
9.7%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
38.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crichton

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.6/10. 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 Mobile 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 Mobile County average of 4.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097000801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097000801?

Census tract 01097000801 in the Crichton neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01097000801?

Median gross rent is $1,159/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097000801?

13.1% of residents in tract 01097000801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,281.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097000801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 44th, minority 93th, housing 80th.

Is tract 01097000801 considered part of Crichton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097000801 fall within Crichton (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01097000801 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.8% 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. 13.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01097000801 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097000801 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Mobile at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mobile eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 01097000801 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.

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