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Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Blytheville Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 05093010300 · Mississippi County, AR · pop 2,726 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Blytheville

Tract 05093010300 sits in Blytheville eviction risk, AR, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It is home to 2,726 residents. 39% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 23% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,033
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$32,050

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Blytheville
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 14 tracts In Mississippi County
High
Within state
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 823 tracts In Arkansas
Very High
National
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Blytheville and the region

Centroid at 35.8966, -89.9231 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blytheville scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Blytheville
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
Arkansas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$484 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blytheville
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blytheville
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blytheville
7.6

How Blytheville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Blytheville risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 0103004.2Blythevilleparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 1Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 0.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.2%Peak (2010)
  • 1Filings in 2010 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 05093010300
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 Blytheville

Food insecurity runs 46.3% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 40.7% against 15.2% nationally.

At $484 a month, rents run 43% under what the rest of Blytheville commands. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Against Mississippi County at 40.3%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened.

The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Mississippi County average of 4.2. Court records carry 1 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2010 at 0.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.2% of renter households face a filing.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 05093010300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05093010300?

Census tract 05093010300 in Blytheville scores 5.6/10 (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 05093010300?

Median gross rent is $484/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 05093010300?

29.6% of residents in tract 05093010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,726.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 05093010300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 97th, minority 89th, housing 53th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 05093010300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 05093010300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.17% of renter households, peaking at 0.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 05093010300 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.5% 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. 28.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 05093010300 compare to Blytheville overall?

Tract 05093010300 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Blytheville at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blytheville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Blytheville

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

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