Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Dauphin Island Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 01097007203 · Mobile County, AL · pop 1,793 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Dauphin Island
Census tract 01097007203 belongs to Dauphin Island, Alabama. It is home to 1,793 residents and scores 5.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 56% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,750 a month against an average household income of $64,615 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 2% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units876
Renter share2.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$64,615
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dauphin Island and the region
Centroid at 30.2668, -88.1002 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dauphin Island scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dauphin Island
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Alabama legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dauphin Island
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dauphin Island
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dauphin Island
5.6
How Dauphin Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dauphin Island
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Dauphin Island, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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 01097007203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 01097007203?
Census tract 01097007203 in Dauphin Island 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 01097007203?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 01097007203?
3.2% of residents in tract 01097007203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,793.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 01097007203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 15th, minority 12th, housing 54th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 01097007203 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 01097007203 compare to Dauphin Island overall?
Tract 01097007203 scores 2.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Dauphin Island at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dauphin Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dauphin Island
Top eight tracts in Dauphin Island ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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