Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Saraland Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097005701 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,663 · 38% of tract blocks fall in Saraland
How risky is Saraland in Mobile County for landlords? Census tract 01097005701 scores 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #66,143 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 10% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,069 a month while the average household earns $91,875 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 2% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,415
Renter share2.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$91,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saraland and the region
Centroid at 30.8780, -88.0967 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saraland scores 2.4
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
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,069 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 8.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saraland
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 below the Mobile County average of 4.9 and in line with the Alabama statewide average of 4.5. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% 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 01097005701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097005701?
Census tract 01097005701 in Saraland scores 2.4/10 (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 01097005701?
Median gross rent is $2,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097005701?
7.6% of residents in tract 01097005701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,663.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097005701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 16th, minority 26th, housing 4th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01097005701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01097005701 compare to Saraland overall?
Tract 01097005701 scores 2.4/10, right in line with 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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