Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Whitefish Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029000402 · Flathead County, MT · pop 3,240 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Whitefish
Tract 30029000402 sits in Whitefish eviction risk, MT, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. It is home to 3,240 residents. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,379
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$82,853
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitefish and the region
Centroid at 48.3541, -114.3717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitefish scores 3.5
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,358 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitefish
Pulling hardest the other way is state political climate at 1.7/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Flathead County average of 44.9%.
SNAP participation runs 5.1% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally.
Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Flathead County average of 3.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,358, close to the Whitefish average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $82,853.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029000402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000402?
Census tract 30029000402 in Whitefish scores 3.5/10 (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 30029000402?
Median gross rent is $1,358/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000402?
7.9% of residents in tract 30029000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 22th, minority 2th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000402 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029000402 compare to Whitefish overall?
Tract 30029000402 scores 3.5/10, lower 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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