Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Walls Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 28033070101 · DeSoto County, MS · pop 3,229 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Walls
How risky is Walls for landlords? Census tract 28033070101 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,166 a month against an average household income of $51,190 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,308
Renter share50.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$51,190
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Walls and the region
Centroid at 34.9280, -90.1981 · click any tract to drill in
Why Walls scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Walls
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$1,166 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Walls
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Walls
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Walls
8.1
How Walls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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.
- 20.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.4%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 13.6%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Walls
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Walls, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well above the DeSoto County average of 4.0 and above the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 28033070101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28033070101?
Census tract 28033070101 in Walls 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 28033070101?
Median gross rent is $1,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28033070101?
22.2% of residents in tract 28033070101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,229.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28033070101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 50th, minority 71th, housing 68th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28033070101 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.6% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28033070101 compare to Walls overall?
Tract 28033070101 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Walls at 2.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Walls; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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