Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Petal Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 28035010103 · Forrest County, MS · pop 2,467 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Petal
Tract 28035010103 sits in Petal eviction risk, MS, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 2,467. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units827
Renter share1.1%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$77,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Petal and the region
Centroid at 31.3859, -89.1752 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petal scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Petal
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Petal
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Petal
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Petal
5.1
How Petal compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Petal
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2/10.
Against the Forrest County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MS average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 28035010103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010103?
Census tract 28035010103 in Petal scores 3/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 28035010103?
2.5% of residents in tract 28035010103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,467.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 35th, minority 26th, housing 24th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 28035010103 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 28035010103 compare to Petal overall?
Tract 28035010103 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Petal at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Petal eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Petal
Top eight tracts in Petal ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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