Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Pinehurst Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile
Tract 01097003203 ·
Mobile County, AL · pop 3,217 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 01097003203 covers part of the Pinehurst area of Mobile, AL, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%Stable renters 34%Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,642
Renter share61.0%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate20.9%
Median income$43,902
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80th percentile
#2 of 6 tracts In Pinehurst
High
Within parent city
64th percentile
#29 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Elevated
Within county
67th percentile
#45 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Elevated
Within state
71th percentile
#414 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6692, -88.1601 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pinehurst scores 4.6
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
20.9% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,029 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Pinehurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
59%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
73%Racial/ethnic minority
38%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
17.9%Housing insecurity
12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
24.8%Food insecurity
19.2%SNAP enrollment
12.8%Transit barriers
10.4%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pinehurst
24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 512 filings here across 10 tracked years. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.
Food insecurity runs 24.8% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 10.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.
It tracks the Mobile County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $1,029, close to the Mobile average. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $43,902.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097003203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003203?
Census tract 01097003203 in the Pinehurst neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 01097003203?
Median gross rent is $1,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003203?
20.9% of residents in tract 01097003203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,217.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 6th, minority 73th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 01097003203 considered part of Pinehurst?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097003203 fall within Pinehurst (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 512 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.70% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097003203 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097003203 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003203 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Mobile at 3.6/10. 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.
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