Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Whitefish Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 30029000301 · Flathead County, MT · pop 3,083 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Whitefish
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 30029000301 in Whitefish, MT reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,083. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Flathead County average of 44.9%.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share46.0%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate18.7%
Median income$57,942
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitefish and the region
Centroid at 48.4349, -114.4372 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitefish scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitefish
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
18.7% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,153 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitefish
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitefish
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitefish
6.1
How Whitefish compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitefish
31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The clearest offset is state political climate at 1.7/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. Against the Flathead County average of 3.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,153, 15% below the Whitefish average.
On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MT average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029000301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000301?
Census tract 30029000301 in Whitefish scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 30029000301?
Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000301?
18.7% of residents in tract 30029000301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,083.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 12th, minority 3th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029000301 compare to Whitefish overall?
Tract 30029000301 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Whitefish at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitefish eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitefish
Top eight tracts in Whitefish ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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