Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Hattiesburg Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 28035010201 · Forrest County, MS · pop 3,516 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Hattiesburg

28035010201 is a census tract in Hattiesburg, MS. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 57% here against 35.0% across Forrest County.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 19% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,643

Renter share44.6%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate9.1%

Median income$50,382

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hattiesburg and the region

Centroid at 31.3783, -89.4098 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hattiesburg scores 3

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

9.1% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$1,222 rent vs county FMR

5.7

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 Hattiesburg compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

62%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
29%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.

15.2%Housing insecurity
10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
19.9%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
10.8%Transit barriers
9.7%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
35.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hattiesburg

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.8/10.

At $1,222 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Hattiesburg commands. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.

Against the Forrest County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10. Statewide the MS average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $50,382. 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 28035010201

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010201?

Census tract 28035010201 in Hattiesburg 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.

What is the average rent in tract 28035010201?

Median gross rent is $1,222/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 28035010201?

9.1% of residents in tract 28035010201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,516.

How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 59th, minority 66th, housing 29th.

What share of households in tract 28035010201 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 28035010201 compare to Hattiesburg overall?

Tract 28035010201 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hattiesburg at 3.9/10. 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.