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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Gentry Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 05007021312 · Benton County, AR · pop 4,340 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Gentry

05007021312 is a census tract in Gentry, AR. It scores 4.8/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is court filing pressure at 1.4/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 4% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,696
Renter share6.6%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$59,848

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Gentry
Very High
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 57 tracts In Benton County
Very High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#98 of 823 tracts In Arkansas
High
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Gentry and the region

Centroid at 36.2219, -94.4171 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gentry scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gentry
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Arkansas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,337 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gentry
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gentry
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gentry
4.5

How Gentry compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gentry risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0213123.4Gentryparent city3.6Countyavg tract in county3.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Gentry

On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.4/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

At $1,337 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Gentry commands. The voucher gap is 20.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 1.2 points above the Benton County average of 3.6.

SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the AR average is 3.8, so this tract runs 1.0 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 05007021312

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05007021312?

Census tract 05007021312 in Gentry scores 4.8/10 (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 05007021312?

Median gross rent is $1,337/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 05007021312?

14.2% of residents in tract 05007021312 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,340.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 05007021312?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 75th, minority 39th, housing 35th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 05007021312 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 05007021312 compare to Gentry overall?

Tract 05007021312 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Gentry at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gentry; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Gentry

Top eight tracts in Gentry ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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