Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Bigfork Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029001306 · Flathead County, MT · pop 4,860 · 4% of tract blocks fall in Bigfork
Census tract 30029001306 belongs to Bigfork, Montana. It is home to 4,860 residents and scores 4.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,089 monthly, set against $78,786 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,504
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$78,786
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bigfork and the region
Centroid at 48.1747, -114.0728 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bigfork scores 2.3
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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,089 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bigfork
The score leans hardest on 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029001306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029001306?
Census tract 30029001306 in Bigfork scores 2.3/10 (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 30029001306?
Median gross rent is $1,089/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029001306?
4.5% of residents in tract 30029001306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,860.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029001306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 49th, minority 10th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029001306 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029001306 compare to Bigfork overall?
Tract 30029001306 scores 2.3/10, 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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