Mars Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hattiesburg

20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.

The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $798, 21% below the Hattiesburg average.

Food insecurity runs 26.5% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters. It tracks the Forrest County average of 4.1 closely.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $45,500. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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.