Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Cox Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097002301 · Mobile County, AL · pop 2,081 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 01097002301 runs through the Cox neighborhood of Mobile. With 2,081 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. It lands near the 30th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,050 monthly, set against $48,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units728
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$48,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6494, -88.0925 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cox scores 4.9
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
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,050 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Cox compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 272Total filings over 10 yrs
- 7.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2002)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Cox. 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.
- 25.8%Housing insecurity
- 18.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.8%Food insecurity
- 28.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cox
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.1/10. 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 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 272 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 7.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.0% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 25.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.2% 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 01097002301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002301?
Census tract 01097002301 in the Cox neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 01097002301?
Median gross rent is $1,050/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097002301?
20.4% of residents in tract 01097002301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,081.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097002301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 26th, minority 81th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 01097002301 considered part of Cox?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097002301 fall within Cox (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097002301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 272 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097002301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.16% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097002301 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.8% 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. 18.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097002301 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097002301 scores 4.9/10, 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 01097002301 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% 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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