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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally

Suburban Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Mobile

Tract 01097006802 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,161 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 01097006802 covers Suburban Heights in Mobile in Alabama. Home to 3,161 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 37% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 65% of renter households, a severe level, and 49% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,018 a month against an average household income of $52,974 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 13% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,189
Renter share36.2%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$52,974

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Suburban Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#50 of 78 tracts In Mobile
Low
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#71 of 135 tracts In Mobile County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#639 of 1,436 tracts In Alabama
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Mobile and the region

Centroid at 30.5986, -88.1816 · click any tract to drill in

Why Suburban Heights scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Mobile
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,018 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mobile
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mobile
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mobile
3.0

How Suburban Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Suburban Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.44.4This tracttract 006802Mobile: 2.82.8Mobileparent cityCounty: 4.34.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.14.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 173Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 4.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak (2014)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 010970068022001: 22 filings (5.85/100 renter HHs)2002: 14 filings (3.72/100 renter HHs)2006: 6 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2007: 12 filings (3.43/100 renter HHs)2008: 12 filings (3.43/100 renter HHs)2009: 12 filings (3.43/100 renter HHs)2013: 17 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)2014: 27 filings (6.62/100 renter HHs)2015: 26 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2016: 25 filings (6.33/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 10 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Suburban Heights

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.3/10. 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 Mobile eviction risk, 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 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 65th 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 173 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 4.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2014.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 01097006802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097006802?

Census tract 01097006802 in the Suburban Heights neighborhood 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 01097006802?

Median gross rent is $1,018/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 01097006802?

14.9% of residents in tract 01097006802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,161.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 01097006802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 13th, minority 40th, housing 47th.
Q5

Is tract 01097006802 considered part of Suburban Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 01097006802 fall within Suburban Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097006802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 173 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097006802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.51% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 01097006802 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 01097006802 compare to Mobile overall?

Tract 01097006802 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Mobile at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mobile eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mobile

Top eight tracts in Mobile ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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