Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Canterbury Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Mobile
Tract 01097003710 ·
Mobile County, AL · pop 4,394 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 3.4/10, tract 01097003710 in the Canterbury Heights area of Mobile, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,394 residents. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 17%Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,608
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$57,033
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Canterbury Heights
Very High
Within parent city
31th percentile
#54 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Low
Within county
39th percentile
#83 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Low
Within state
43th percentile
#816 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile and the region
Centroid at 30.6326, -88.1648 · click any tract to drill in
Why Canterbury Heights scores 3.4
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,280 rent vs county FMR
6.7
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 Canterbury Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
44%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
83%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)
257Total filings over 10 yrs
3.74%Avg annual filing rate
6.5%Peak (2016)
40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2016
Filings climbed 100% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Canterbury Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
12.9%Housing insecurity
8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
17.2%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Canterbury Heights
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. At $1,280 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Mobile commands.
The voucher gap is 17.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 257 filings here across 10 tracked years. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10.
It sits 0.6 points below the Mobile County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097003710
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003710?
Census tract 01097003710 in the Canterbury Heights neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 01097003710?
Median gross rent is $1,280/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003710?
11.7% of residents in tract 01097003710 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,394.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003710?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 81th, minority 56th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 01097003710 considered part of Canterbury Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097003710 fall within Canterbury Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003710?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 257 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003710 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.74% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 01097003710 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 01097003710 compare to Mobile overall?
Tract 01097003710 scores 3.4/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mobile
Top eight tracts in Mobile ranked by composite eviction-risk score.