Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 01097006201 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 01097006201 · Mobile County, AL · pop 4,139
Census tract 01097006201 runs through Mobile in Mobile County. With 4,139 residents, it scores 5.3/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #41,130 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $965 monthly, set against $63,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,196
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$63,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile County and the region
Centroid at 30.8738, -88.3529 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 01097006201 scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$965 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 01097006201 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.1%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 42.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 01097006201
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.8/10. 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 set by Alabama eviction laws law, 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 73rd 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 16.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.2% 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 01097006201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006201?
Census tract 01097006201 in Mobile County scores 4.4/10 (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 01097006201?
Median gross rent is $965/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006201?
23.4% of residents in tract 01097006201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,139.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 75th, minority 24th, housing 42th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01097006201 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 12.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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