Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Big Sky Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30031001600 · Gallatin County, MT · pop 2,919 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Big Sky
Big Sky in Gallatin County is where census tract 30031001600 sits, home to 2,919 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.4/10. On the national scale it ranks #67,156 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,611 a month against an average household income of $96,793 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,190
Renter share20.7%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$96,793
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Big Sky and the region
Centroid at 45.2082, -111.1287 · click any tract to drill in
Why Big Sky scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Big Sky
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,611 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Big Sky
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Big Sky
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Big Sky
6.0
How Big Sky compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Big Sky
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.2/10. 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 Big Sky 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 Gallatin County average of 4.7 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 9th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.5% 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 30031001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30031001600?
Census tract 30031001600 in Big Sky scores 2/10 (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 30031001600?
Median gross rent is $1,611/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30031001600?
5.3% of residents in tract 30031001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,919.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30031001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 1th, minority 25th, housing 53th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30031001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30031001600 compare to Big Sky overall?
Tract 30031001600 scores 2/10, right in line with the parent city of Big Sky at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Big Sky eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Big Sky
Top eight tracts in Big Sky ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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