Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Shelby Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 28011950100 · Bolivar County, MS · pop 2,839 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Shelby
Census tract 28011950100 covers part of Shelby, MS, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,839. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,149
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate54.1%
Median income$27,898
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shelby and the region
Centroid at 34.0135, -90.8217 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shelby scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shelby
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
54.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$644 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shelby
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shelby
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shelby
8.0
How Shelby compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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.
- 34.7%Housing insecurity
- 27.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 49.6%Food insecurity
- 42.8%SNAP enrollment
- 25.8%Transit barriers
- 17.6%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 52.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shelby
SNAP participation runs 42.8% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 54%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Disability prevalence runs 52.1% against 31.5% nationally. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.5/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. 39% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Bolivar County average of 44.4%.
Against the Bolivar County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.7/10. Statewide the MS average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $644, close to the Shelby average.
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 28011950100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28011950100?
Census tract 28011950100 in Shelby scores 5.5/10 (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 28011950100?
Median gross rent is $644/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28011950100?
54.1% of residents in tract 28011950100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,839.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28011950100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 53th, minority 91th, housing 97th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28011950100 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.7% 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. 27.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28011950100 compare to Shelby overall?
Tract 28011950100 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Shelby at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shelby; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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