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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Winthrop Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile

Tract 01097003607 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,007 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 01097003607 sits in the Winthrop Square area of Mobile eviction risk, AL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. Cost burden runs 60% here against 43.6% across Mobile County.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 26% Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,573
Renter share64.1%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$40,404

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Winthrop Square
Moderate
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Moderate
Within county
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#544 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.6863, -88.1982 · click any tract to drill in

Why Winthrop Square scores 4.2

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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Winthrop Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Winthrop Square risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 003607Mobile: 3.63.6Mobileparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.04.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 722Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 7.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2013)
  • 109Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970036072001: 49 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2002: 38 filings (3.58/100 renter HHs)2006: 37 filings (4.03/100 renter HHs)2007: 56 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)2008: 55 filings (6.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 57 filings (6.22/100 renter HHs)2013: 126 filings (11.99/100 renter HHs)2014: 95 filings (9.04/100 renter HHs)2015: 100 filings (9.51/100 renter HHs)2016: 109 filings (10.23/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 122% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Winthrop Square. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Winthrop Square

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

Court records carry 722 eviction filings across 10 observed years. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. Filings peaked in 2013 at 12.0% of renter households.

At $973 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Mobile commands. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Mobile County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $40,404.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097003607

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003607?

Census tract 01097003607 in the Winthrop Square neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 01097003607?

Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003607?

15.5% of residents in tract 01097003607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,007.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003607?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 2th, minority 69th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 01097003607 considered part of Winthrop Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097003607 fall within Winthrop Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003607?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 722 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.13% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01097003607 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01097003607 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097003607 scores 4.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mobile

Top eight tracts in Mobile ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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