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Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Blytheville Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 05093011400 · Mississippi County, AR · pop 1,792 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Blytheville

Census tract 05093011400 covers part of Blytheville, AR, and scores 3.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,792. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Mississippi County average of 40.3%.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 39% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units772
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$59,277

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Blytheville
Very Low
Within county
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#10 of 14 tracts In Mississippi County
Low
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#405 of 823 tracts In Arkansas
Moderate
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Blytheville and the region

Centroid at 35.9546, -89.9767 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blytheville scores 3.5

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
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$880 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 / state3.5This tracttract 0114004.2Blythevilleparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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
  • 0.22%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.2%Peak (2017)
  • 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 05093011400
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

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.

10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 filings here across 1 tracked years. It sits 0.7 points below the Mississippi County average of 4.2.

The worst year on record was 2017, when 0.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $59,277, annual rent is just 18%.

Average gross rent is $880, close to the Blytheville average. 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 05093011400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05093011400?

Census tract 05093011400 in Blytheville scores 3.5/10 (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 05093011400?

Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 05093011400?

12.9% of residents in tract 05093011400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,792.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 05093011400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 71th, minority 36th, housing 62th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 05093011400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 05093011400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.22% of renter households, peaking at 0.2% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 05093011400 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.0% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 05093011400 compare to Blytheville overall?

Tract 05093011400 scores 3.5/10, lower 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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