Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Woodlawn Court Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hattiesburg
Tract 28035000601 · Forrest County, MS · pop 2,607 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 28035000601 sits in the Woodlawn Court area of Hattiesburg eviction risk, MS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,224
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate43.6%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hattiesburg and the region
Centroid at 31.3101, -89.2971 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woodlawn Court scores 5.3
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
43.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$716 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Woodlawn Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Woodlawn Court. 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.
- 31.4%Housing insecurity
- 23.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.0%Food insecurity
- 33.3%SNAP enrollment
- 22.9%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 48.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woodlawn Court
The poverty rate is 44%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 23% here against 35.0% across Forrest County.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. SNAP participation runs 33.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 31.4% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
At $716 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Hattiesburg commands. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.2 points above the Forrest County average of 4.1.
On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MS average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
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 28035000601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035000601?
Census tract 28035000601 in the Woodlawn Court neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 28035000601?
Median gross rent is $716/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28035000601?
43.6% of residents in tract 28035000601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,607.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035000601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 97th, minority 99th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 28035000601 considered part of Woodlawn Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 28035000601 fall within Woodlawn Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 28035000601 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.4% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 28035000601 compare to Hattiesburg overall?
Tract 28035000601 scores 5.3/10, higher 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
Tract · MS
Bonhomie
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
Westover
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
Westwood
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
West Hills
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28035001100
5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
Wardwell
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
Westwood
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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