Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Mountainburg Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 05033020101 · Crawford County, AR · pop 2,650 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Mountainburg

The Lower-tier score of 3.4/10 for census tract 05033020101 reflects conditions in Mountainburg in Crawford County, Arkansas. That is riskier than about 5% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $892 a month while the average household earns $66,161 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 9% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units1,115

Renter share14.7%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate14.2%

Median income$66,161

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Mountainburg and the region

Centroid at 35.6860, -94.1236 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mountainburg scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Mountainburg

3.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

2.2

State political climate

Arkansas legislature & governorship

1.5

Economic stress

14.2% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$892 rent vs county FMR

4.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Mountainburg

4.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Mountainburg

3.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Mountainburg

6.0

How Mountainburg compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

40%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
34%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.

11.5%Housing insecurity
8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
15.2%Food insecurity
9.0%SNAP enrollment
8.0%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
39.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mountainburg

The score leans hardest on housing court bias at $1/10. 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 Mountainburg, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Crawford County average of 3.5 and below the Arkansas 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 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 05033020101

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05033020101?

Census tract 05033020101 in Mountainburg scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 05033020101?

Median gross rent is $892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 05033020101?

14.2% of residents in tract 05033020101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,650.

How socially vulnerable is tract 05033020101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 39th, minority 34th, housing 53th.

What share of households in tract 05033020101 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 05033020101 compare to Mountainburg overall?

Tract 05033020101 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Mountainburg at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mountainburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Mountainburg

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