Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Petal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 28035010101 · Forrest County, MS · pop 6,863 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Petal
Census tract 28035010101 sits in Petal eviction risk in Forrest County, Mississippi eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 4% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
12% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $849 a month against an average household income of $97,949 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,305
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$97,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petal and the region
Centroid at 31.2910, -89.1899 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petal scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Petal
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petal
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petal
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petal
5.1
How Petal compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Petal
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Petal eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Forrest County average of 4.3 and below the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 28035010101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010101?
Census tract 28035010101 in Petal scores 2.4/10 (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 28035010101?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28035010101?
5.0% of residents in tract 28035010101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,863.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 64th, minority 19th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28035010101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28035010101 compare to Petal overall?
Tract 28035010101 scores 2.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Petal at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petal eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Petal
Top eight tracts in Petal ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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