Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Lyons Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097000901 · Mobile County, AL · pop 1,456 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 01097000901 in Lyons Park in Mobile ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 1,456 residents. On the national scale it ranks #53,285 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $845 a month. About 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units679
Renter share59.2%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate16.8%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6920, -88.0738 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lyons Park scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$845 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Lyons Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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.
- 3%Grade A
- 11%Grade B
- 53%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 288Total filings over 10 yrs
- 7.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.0%Peak (2002)
- 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 37% over the past 10 months.
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.
- 12.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lyons Park
What moves this score most is economic stress at 4.2/10. 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 above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 288 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 7.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 18.0% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097000901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097000901?
Census tract 01097000901 in the Lyons Park neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 01097000901?
Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097000901?
16.8% of residents in tract 01097000901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,456.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097000901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 19th, minority 54th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 01097000901 considered part of Lyons Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097000901 fall within Lyons Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097000901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 288 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097000901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.69% of renter households, peaking at 18.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097000901 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.8% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097000901 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097000901 scores 4.1/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 01097000901 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. 16% 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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