Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 01097006407 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097006407 · Mobile County, AL · pop 6,705
For landlords sizing up Mobile in Mobile County, census tract 01097006407 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 30% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,014 a month against an average household income of $71,240 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units2,529
Renter share8.3%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$71,240
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mobile County and the region
Centroid at 30.6974, -88.3575 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 01097006407 scores 2.8
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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,014 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 01097006407 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 44Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% 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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 01097006407
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 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 about the same as 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 28th 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 9.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% 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 01097006407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006407?
Census tract 01097006407 in Mobile County scores 2.8/10 (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 01097006407?
Median gross rent is $1,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006407?
4.4% of residents in tract 01097006407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,705.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 34th, minority 17th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097006407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097006407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097006407 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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