Within parent city
5
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Hattiesburg Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 28035010601 · Forrest County, MS · pop 3,613 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Hattiesburg
Census tract 28035010601 covers part of Hattiesburg, MS, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,613. Cost burden runs 6% here against 35.0% across Forrest County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,457
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$65,350
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hattiesburg and the region
Centroid at 31.1490, -89.2816 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hattiesburg scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hattiesburg
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$992 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hattiesburg
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hattiesburg
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hattiesburg
2.5
How Hattiesburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hattiesburg
The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Forrest County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2.5/10.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 15% 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 2.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MS average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $992, close to the Hattiesburg average. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $65,350.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 28035010601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010601?
Census tract 28035010601 in Hattiesburg 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 28035010601?
Median gross rent is $992/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 6% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28035010601?
10.3% of residents in tract 28035010601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,613.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 53th, minority 9th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28035010601 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28035010601 compare to Hattiesburg overall?
Tract 28035010601 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hattiesburg at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hattiesburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hattiesburg
Top eight tracts in Hattiesburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MS
Westover
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Woodlawn Court
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Westover
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Bonhomie
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Westwood
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
West Hills
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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28035001100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Wardwell
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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