Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Meridian Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 28075000600 · Lauderdale County, MS · pop 1,550

28075000600 is a census tract in Meridian, MS. It scores 5/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,550. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 28% Owners 33%

Tract context

Occupied units775

Renter share67.2%

SVI overall1.00

Poverty rate42.0%

Median income$24,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Meridian and the region

Centroid at 32.3565, -88.7119 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meridian scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Meridian

4.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.2

State political climate

Mississippi legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

42.0% poverty · this tract

10.0

Supply constraint

$658 rent vs county FMR

1.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Meridian

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Meridian

2.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Meridian

2.5

How Meridian compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

99%Socioeconomic
93%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
97%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.

37.1%Housing insecurity
27.6%Utility-shutoff threat
51.5%Food insecurity
42.2%SNAP enrollment
26.8%Transit barriers
18.5%No health insurance
22.2%Frequent mental distress
51.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meridian

Against Lauderdale County at 38.0%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

SNAP participation runs 42.2% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 42%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 51.5% against 31.5% nationally.

On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $658, 28% below the Meridian average.

This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

It sits 1.1 points above the Lauderdale County average of 3.9. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 10/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 28075000600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28075000600?

Census tract 28075000600 in Meridian scores 5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 28075000600?

Median gross rent is $658/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 28075000600?

42.0% of residents in tract 28075000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,550.

How socially vulnerable is tract 28075000600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 93th, minority 95th, housing 97th.

What share of households in tract 28075000600 struggle to pay rent?

About 37.1% 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. 27.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 28075000600 compare to Meridian overall?

Tract 28075000600 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Meridian at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Meridian eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Meridian

Top eight tracts in Meridian ranked by composite eviction-risk score.