Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Horn Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 28033070325 · DeSoto County, MS · pop 3,417
Census tract 28033070325 runs through Horn Lake. With 3,417 residents, it scores 4.8/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #57,465 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,252 a month while the average household earns $63,075 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 69% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,201
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate19.2%
Median income$63,075
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Horn Lake and the region
Centroid at 34.9558, -90.0400 · click any tract to drill in
Why Horn Lake scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Horn Lake
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
19.2% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Horn Lake
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Horn Lake
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Horn Lake
6.8
How Horn Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.2%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 15.0%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Horn Lake
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Horn Lake eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the DeSoto County average of 4.0 and in line with the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 69th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 28033070325
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28033070325?
Census tract 28033070325 in Horn Lake scores 4.3/10 (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 28033070325?
Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28033070325?
19.2% of residents in tract 28033070325 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28033070325?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 79th, minority 58th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28033070325 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28033070325 compare to Horn Lake overall?
Tract 28033070325 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Horn Lake at 2.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Horn Lake eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Horn Lake
Top eight tracts in Horn Lake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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