Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Van Buren Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 05033020204 · Crawford County, AR · pop 6,206 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Van Buren
05033020204 is a census tract in Van Buren, AR. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,206 residents. Against Crawford County at 38.3%, 17% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,359
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$70,484
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Van Buren and the region
Centroid at 35.4984, -94.3119 · click any tract to drill in
Why Van Buren scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Van Buren
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Arkansas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$765 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Van Buren
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Van Buren
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Van Buren
6.4
How Van Buren 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.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.4%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2004 (latest validated)
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Van Buren
The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 0.2/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.6/10. SNAP participation runs 6.4% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 1 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Against the Crawford County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. Average gross rent is $765, 10% below the Van Buren average.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 0.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 05033020204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05033020204?
Census tract 05033020204 in Van Buren scores 3/10 (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 05033020204?
Median gross rent is $765/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 05033020204?
9.4% of residents in tract 05033020204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,206.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 05033020204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 52th, minority 31th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 05033020204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 05033020204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.36% of renter households, peaking at 0.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 05033020204 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 05033020204 compare to Van Buren overall?
Tract 05033020204 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Van Buren at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Van Buren eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Van Buren
Top eight tracts in Van Buren ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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