Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Cox Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097002302 · Mobile County, AL · pop 1,796 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
In the Cox neighborhood of Mobile, census tract 01097002302 scores 4.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 27% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $966 a month against an average household income of $35,399 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units581
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$35,399
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6525, -88.0850 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cox scores 5
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$966 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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.
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)
- 121Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2001)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% 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.
- 28.2%Housing insecurity
- 21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.8%Food insecurity
- 37.6%SNAP enrollment
- 19.4%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 46.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cox
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.9/10. 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 below 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 121 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.1% of renter households in 2001.
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 01097002302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097002302?
Census tract 01097002302 in the Cox neighborhood scores 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01097002302?
Median gross rent is $966/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097002302?
19.6% of residents in tract 01097002302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,796.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097002302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 34th, minority 94th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 01097002302 considered part of Cox?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097002302 fall within Cox (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097002302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097002302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.23% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097002302 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.2% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097002302 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097002302 scores 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.
Q9
Was tract 01097002302 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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