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Neely Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile

Tract 01097003902 · Mobile County, AL · pop 737 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 01097003902 covers part of the Neely area of Mobile, AL, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 28% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units292
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate25.2%
Median income$27,955

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Neely
Low
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 78 tracts In Mobile
High
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#37 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#282 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.7215, -88.1043 · click any tract to drill in

Why Neely scores 4.9

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
25.2% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$838 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Neely compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Neely risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 0039023.6Mobileparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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)

  • 43Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.8%Peak (2002)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 01097003902
Filings dropped 67% over the past 10 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Neely. 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 Neely

Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $27,955, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Disability prevalence runs 48.9% against 31.5% nationally.

Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 26.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $838, 22% below the Mobile average. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.7/10.

Against the Mobile County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 43 filings here across 10 tracked years.

48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Mobile County average of 43.6%.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097003902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097003902?

Census tract 01097003902 in the Neely neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 01097003902?

Median gross rent is $838/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097003902?

25.2% of residents in tract 01097003902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 737.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097003902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 4th, minority 100th, housing 12th.
Q5

Is tract 01097003902 considered part of Neely?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097003902 fall within Neely (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097003902?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097003902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01097003902 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.0% 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. 26.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01097003902 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097003902 scores 4.9/10, 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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