Westwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hattiesburg

67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Forrest County average of 35.0%. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

97% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $21,914, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Disability prevalence runs 44.8% against 31.5% nationally. SNAP participation runs 26.4% against 15.2% nationally.

At $805 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Hattiesburg commands. It sits 1.2 points above the Forrest County average of 4.1. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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.