Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Belle Fontaine Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097007103 · Mobile County, AL · pop 3,568 · 18% of tract blocks fall in Belle Fontaine
Census tract 01097007103 runs through Belle Fontaine in Mobile County. With 3,568 residents, it scores 4.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 19th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,322 monthly, set against $82,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,552
Renter share16.8%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$82,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belle Fontaine and the region
Centroid at 30.4885, -88.1320 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belle Fontaine scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belle Fontaine
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,322 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belle Fontaine
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belle Fontaine
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belle Fontaine
1.9
How Belle Fontaine compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 46Total filings over 10 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2002)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.0%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belle Fontaine
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Belle Fontaine, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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 9.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 01097007103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097007103?
Census tract 01097007103 in Belle Fontaine scores 2.7/10 (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 01097007103?
Median gross rent is $1,322/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097007103?
7.5% of residents in tract 01097007103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,568.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097007103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 29th, minority 22th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 01097007103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 01097007103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 01097007103 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 01097007103 compare to Belle Fontaine overall?
Tract 01097007103 scores 2.7/10, higher than the parent city of Belle Fontaine at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belle Fontaine; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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