Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Westside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Great Falls

Tract 30013001600 · Cascade County, MT · pop 4,359 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

In the Westside area of Great Falls, census tract 30013001600 scores 3.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 3% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

23% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $845 monthly, set against $55,313 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 28% Owners 63%

Tract context

Occupied units1,866

Renter share36.7%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate14.8%

Median income$55,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Great Falls and the region

Centroid at 47.5044, -111.3263 · click any tract to drill in

Why Westside scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Great Falls

2.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.0

State political climate

Montana legislature & governorship

1.7

Economic stress

14.8% poverty · this tract

3.7

Supply constraint

$845 rent vs county FMR

1.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Great Falls

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Great Falls

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Great Falls

2.0

How Westside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

35%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
26%Racial/ethnic minority
72%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Westside. 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.

11.5%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
16.0%Food insecurity
11.7%SNAP enrollment
9.4%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
20.5%Frequent mental distress
36.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Westside

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 3.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Great Falls eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cascade County average of 3.8 and below the Montana statewide average of 4.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% 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 30013001600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30013001600?

Census tract 30013001600 in the Westside neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 30013001600?

Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 30013001600?

14.8% of residents in tract 30013001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,359.

How socially vulnerable is tract 30013001600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 45th, minority 26th, housing 72th.

Is tract 30013001600 considered part of Westside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 30013001600 fall within Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 30013001600 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 30013001600 compare to Great Falls overall?

Tract 30013001600 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Great Falls at 2.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Great Falls eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Great Falls

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