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Woodlawn Court Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hattiesburg

Tract 28035000500 · Forrest County, MS · pop 1,400 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

How risky is Woodlawn Court in Hattiesburg for landlords? Census tract 28035000500 scores 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 18% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $731 monthly, set against $58,598 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 15% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units381
Renter share24.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate22.7%
Median income$58,598

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Woodlawn Court
Low
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 21 tracts In Hattiesburg
Moderate
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 21 tracts In Forrest County
Moderate
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#401 of 875 tracts In Mississippi
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hattiesburg and the region

Centroid at 31.3198, -89.2788 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodlawn Court scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hattiesburg
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
22.7% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$731 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hattiesburg
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hattiesburg
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hattiesburg
2.5

How Woodlawn Court compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodlawn Court risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 000500Hattiesburg: 2.82.8Hattiesburgparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.74.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Woodlawn Court. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woodlawn Court

What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.7/10. 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 Hattiesburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Forrest County average of 4.3 and below the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 88th 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 28035000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035000500?

Census tract 28035000500 in the Woodlawn Court neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 28035000500?

Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 28035000500?

22.7% of residents in tract 28035000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,400.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 28035000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 74th, minority 83th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 28035000500 considered part of Woodlawn Court?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 28035000500 fall within Woodlawn Court (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 28035000500 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.0% 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. 22.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 28035000500 compare to Hattiesburg overall?

Tract 28035000500 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Hattiesburg at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hattiesburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hattiesburg

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

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