Meridian Eviction Risk: Moderate

Disability prevalence runs 58.0% against 31.5% nationally. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.8/10.

Set annual rent against average income of $19,625 and the ratio lands at 46%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 91% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Lauderdale County average of 38.0%. At $751 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Meridian commands.

Against the Lauderdale County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 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.