Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Canterbury Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Mobile

Tract 01097003712 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,250 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 01097003712 in the Canterbury Heights area of Mobile, AL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 7% here against 43.6% across Mobile County.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 13% Owners 86%

Tract context

Occupied units1,470

Renter share14.5%

SVI overall0.26

Poverty rate3.2%

Median income$81,466

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.6246, -88.1754 · click any tract to drill in

Why Canterbury Heights scores 3

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

3.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,056 rent vs county FMR

4.7

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: 26

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

20%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
51%Racial/ethnic minority
23%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Canterbury Heights. 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.

8.8%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
10.8%Food insecurity
6.4%SNAP enrollment
6.0%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
13.3%Frequent mental distress
28.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Canterbury Heights

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Mobile County average of 4.0. SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Against average income of $81,466, annual rent is just 16%.

Statewide the AL average is 3.9, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 01097003712

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003712?

Census tract 01097003712 in the Canterbury Heights neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 01097003712?

Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003712?

3.2% of residents in tract 01097003712 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,250.

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003712?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 54th, minority 51th, housing 23th.

Is tract 01097003712 considered part of Canterbury Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097003712 fall within Canterbury Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 01097003712 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 01097003712 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097003712 scores 3/10, lower 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.