Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Petal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 28035010103 · Forrest County, MS · pop 2,467 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Petal
Census tract 28035010103 covers Petal, home to 2,467 residents. For landlords it grades 3.3/10, a lower reading. That is riskier than roughly 4% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $77,375 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units827
Renter share1.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$77,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petal and the region
Centroid at 31.3859, -89.1752 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petal scores 2.9
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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Petal
What moves this score most is 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th 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.
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 28035010103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010103?
Census tract 28035010103 in Petal scores 2.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 28035010103?
2.5% of residents in tract 28035010103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,467.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 35th, minority 26th, housing 24th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 28035010103 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 28035010103 compare to Petal overall?
Tract 28035010103 scores 2.9/10, higher than 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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