Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Mobile Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097003408 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,525
01097003408 is a census tract in Mobile, AL. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,525. Severe burden reaches 47%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,605
Renter share14.1%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$59,814
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.7323, -88.1734 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mobile scores 3.5
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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 Mobile compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 100Total filings over 10 yrs
- 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2007)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mobile
67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Mobile County average of 43.6%. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 100 evictions over 10 years of observation. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.
At $1,168 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Mobile commands. The worst year on record was 2007, when 8.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Mobile County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097003408
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003408?
Census tract 01097003408 in Mobile scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 01097003408?
Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003408?
13.3% of residents in tract 01097003408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,525.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003408?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 66th, minority 81th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003408?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 100 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003408 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097003408 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097003408 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003408 scores 3.5/10, right in line with 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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