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Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally

Gentry Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 05007021003 · Benton County, AR · pop 2,752 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Gentry

With a score of 4.3/10, tract 05007021003 in Gentry, AR reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is court filing pressure at 1.4/10.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 19% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units937
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$61,205

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Gentry
Moderate
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#15 of 57 tracts In Benton County
High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#231 of 823 tracts In Arkansas
Elevated
National
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#44,239 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gentry and the region

Centroid at 36.3213, -94.4968 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gentry scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gentry
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Arkansas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gentry
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gentry
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gentry
4.5

How Gentry compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gentry risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.3This tracttract 0210033.4Gentryparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gentry

Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

It sits 0.7 points above the Benton County average of 3.6. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. roughly one in three of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

Average gross rent is $1,016, close to the Gentry average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $61,205. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 05007021003

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05007021003?

Census tract 05007021003 in Gentry scores 4.3/10 (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 05007021003?

Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 05007021003?

9.9% of residents in tract 05007021003 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,752.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 05007021003?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 88th, minority 61th, housing 88th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 05007021003 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 05007021003 compare to Gentry overall?

Tract 05007021003 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Gentry at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gentry; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gentry

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

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