Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Citronelle Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01097006000 · Mobile County, AL · pop 5,033 · 66% of tract blocks fall in Citronelle
Census tract 01097006000 covers part of Citronelle, AL, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,033 residents. Against Mobile County at 43.6%, 13% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,780
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$52,155
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Citronelle and the region
Centroid at 31.0785, -88.2575 · click any tract to drill in
Why Citronelle scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Citronelle
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$709 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Citronelle
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Citronelle
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Citronelle
4.8
How Citronelle compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 68Total filings over 10 yrs
- 1.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2002)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% 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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 39.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Citronelle
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.5/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 68 eviction filings across 10 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $52,155, annual rent is just 16%.
It tracks the Mobile County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $709, close to the Citronelle average.
30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097006000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006000?
Census tract 01097006000 in Citronelle scores 4.1/10 (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 01097006000?
Median gross rent is $709/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006000?
19.4% of residents in tract 01097006000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,033.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 65th, minority 45th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097006000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097006000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.50% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097006000 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097006000 compare to Citronelle overall?
Tract 01097006000 scores 4.1/10, higher than the parent city of Citronelle at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Citronelle; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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