Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Saraland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097005500 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,064
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 01097005500 in Saraland ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,064 residents. That is riskier than about 63% of US census tracts.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $1,023 a month. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
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
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
37
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
The score leans hardest on 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 63rd 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 146 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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, 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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