Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Petal Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 28035010300 · Forrest County, MS · pop 3,571 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Petal
For landlords sizing up Petal in Forrest County, census tract 28035010300 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. That is riskier than about 20% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,059 monthly, set against $65,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,268
Renter share26.2%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$65,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petal and the region
Centroid at 31.3667, -89.2439 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petal scores 4.2
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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%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 about the same as the Forrest County average of 4.3 and in line with the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 28035010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010300?
Census tract 28035010300 in Petal scores 4.2/10 (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 28035010300?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28035010300?
19.6% of residents in tract 28035010300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,571.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 94th, minority 35th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28035010300 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28035010300 compare to Petal overall?
Tract 28035010300 scores 4.2/10, 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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