Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Grand Bay Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097006600 · Mobile County, AL · pop 5,378 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Grand Bay
In Grand Bay in Mobile County, census tract 01097006600 scores 4.8/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 33rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $948 a month against an average household income of $59,787 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,223
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$59,787
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grand Bay and the region
Centroid at 30.4154, -88.3660 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Bay scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grand Bay
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$948 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grand Bay
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grand Bay
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grand Bay
4.5
How Grand Bay compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 155Total filings over 10 yrs
- 4.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2006)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 157% 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Bay
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.7/10. 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 Grand Bay, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 155 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.8% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097006600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006600?
Census tract 01097006600 in Grand Bay 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 01097006600?
Median gross rent is $948/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006600?
5.7% of residents in tract 01097006600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,378.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 18th, minority 39th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097006600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 155 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097006600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.56% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097006600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097006600 compare to Grand Bay overall?
Tract 01097006600 scores 2.8/10, higher than the parent city of Grand Bay at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grand Bay; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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