Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Petal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 28035010300 · Forrest County, MS · pop 3,571 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Petal
28035010300 is a census tract in Petal, MS. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.8/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
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
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petal and the region
Centroid at 31.3667, -89.2439 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petal scores 3.5
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
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Forrest County average of 35.0%. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Petal eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Forrest County average of 4.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,059, close to the Petal average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $65,000.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 28035010300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010300?
Census tract 28035010300 in Petal scores 3.5/10 (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 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 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Petal at 3.7/10. 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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