Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Saraland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097005400 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,612 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Saraland
In Saraland, census tract 01097005400 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #41,129 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,056 monthly, set against $52,658 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,128
Renter share39.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$52,658
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saraland and the region
Centroid at 30.8030, -88.0882 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saraland scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saraland
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,056 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saraland
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saraland
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saraland
6.2
How Saraland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 228Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2007)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saraland
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Saraland eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mobile County average of 4.9 and above the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097005400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097005400?
Census tract 01097005400 in Saraland scores 3.1/10 (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 01097005400?
Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097005400?
7.1% of residents in tract 01097005400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,612.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097005400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 71th, minority 34th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097005400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 228 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097005400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.83% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097005400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097005400 compare to Saraland overall?
Tract 01097005400 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Saraland at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saraland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saraland
Top eight tracts in Saraland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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