Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Mountainburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 05033020102 · Crawford County, AR · pop 2,421 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Mountainburg
Mountainburg is where census tract 05033020102 sits, home to 2,421 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #81,379 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
24% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $588 monthly, set against $62,399 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units921
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$62,399
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mountainburg and the region
Centroid at 35.5863, -94.1264 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mountainburg scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$588 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 42.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mountainburg
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 35th 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 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% 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 05033020102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 05033020102?
Census tract 05033020102 in Mountainburg scores 5.7/10 (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 05033020102?
Median gross rent is $588/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 05033020102?
30.3% of residents in tract 05033020102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 05033020102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 10th, minority 6th, housing 61th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 05033020102 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 05033020102 compare to Mountainburg overall?
Tract 05033020102 scores 5.7/10, 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.
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