Bozeman Gateway Eviction Risk: Moderate

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.7/10. Against the Gallatin County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.

At $1,348 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Bozeman commands. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Gallatin County average of 43.5%.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MT average is 3.8, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $67,143. 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.