Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Southaven Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 28033070523 · DeSoto County, MS · pop 7,955

With a score of 4.4/10, tract 28033070523 in Southaven, MS reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The voucher gap is 35.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 16% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units2,761

Renter share26.4%

SVI overall0.41

Poverty rate17.4%

Median income$69,688

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Southaven and the region

Centroid at 34.9788, -89.9545 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southaven scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Southaven

2.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

Mississippi legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

17.4% poverty · this tract

4.3

Supply constraint

$1,841 rent vs county FMR

8.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Southaven

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Southaven

1.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Southaven

2.0

How Southaven compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

52%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
10%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.

17.6%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
21.9%Food insecurity
12.1%SNAP enrollment
11.4%Transit barriers
11.1%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
35.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Southaven

The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running hot, supply constraint reads 8.6/10.

At $1,841 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Southaven commands. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the DeSoto County average of 3.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters. Annual rent works out to 32% of average household income of $69,688.

26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 28033070523

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28033070523?

Census tract 28033070523 in Southaven scores 4.4/10 (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 28033070523?

Median gross rent is $1,841/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 28033070523?

17.4% of residents in tract 28033070523 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,955.

How socially vulnerable is tract 28033070523?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 71th, minority 63th, housing 10th.

What share of households in tract 28033070523 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.6% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 28033070523 compare to Southaven overall?

Tract 28033070523 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Southaven at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southaven eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southaven

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