Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Petal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 28035010104 · Forrest County, MS · pop 3,745 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Petal
Census tract 28035010104 runs through Petal in Forrest County. With 3,745 residents, it scores 3.4/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 4% of US census tracts.
0% 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 $850 a month against an average household income of $76,405 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,267
Renter share6.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$76,405
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petal and the region
Centroid at 31.4096, -89.2432 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petal scores 3.3
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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$850 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: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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 10.5% 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 28035010104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010104?
Census tract 28035010104 in Petal scores 3.3/10 (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 28035010104?
Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28035010104?
10.5% of residents in tract 28035010104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,745.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 26th, minority 8th, housing 25th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28035010104 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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 28035010104 compare to Petal overall?
Tract 28035010104 scores 3.3/10, 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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