Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Bigfork Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029001303 · Flathead County, MT · pop 2,176 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Bigfork
Tract 30029001303, home to 2,176 residents in Bigfork, scores 4.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 20% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,027 a month against an average household income of $67,115 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units890
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$67,115
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bigfork and the region
Centroid at 48.0849, -114.0172 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bigfork scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bigfork
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,027 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bigfork
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bigfork
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bigfork
5.4
How Bigfork compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bigfork
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.2/10. 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 Bigfork 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 Flathead County average of 4.5 and above 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 52nd 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 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029001303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029001303?
Census tract 30029001303 in Bigfork scores 2.6/10 (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 30029001303?
Median gross rent is $1,027/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029001303?
5.4% of residents in tract 30029001303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,176.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029001303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 20th, minority 23th, housing 86th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029001303 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029001303 compare to Bigfork overall?
Tract 30029001303 scores 2.6/10, higher than the parent city of Bigfork at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bigfork eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bigfork
Top eight tracts in Bigfork ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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