Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Saraland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097005500 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,064
01097005500 is a census tract in Saraland, AL. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,064 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,435
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate16.4%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saraland and the region
Centroid at 30.8245, -88.0785 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saraland scores 3.3
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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 146Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2014)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 160% 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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.4%Food insecurity
- 15.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.8%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saraland
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Mobile County average of 43.6%. The clearest offset is eviction-process difficulty at 1.6/10.
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 146 evictions over 10 years of observation. It sits 0.7 points below the Mobile County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 27th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,023, close to the Saraland average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097005500?
Census tract 01097005500 in Saraland scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 01097005500?
Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097005500?
16.4% of residents in tract 01097005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,064.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 76th, minority 46th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097005500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.04% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097005500 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097005500 compare to Saraland overall?
Tract 01097005500 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Saraland at 3.6/10. 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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