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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Mars Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hattiesburg

Tract 28035010500 · Forrest County, MS · pop 4,863 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

How risky is Mars Hill in Hattiesburg for landlords? Census tract 28035010500 scores 4.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 18% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $798 a month against an average household income of $45,500 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 26% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,774
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate23.4%
Median income$45,500

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Mars Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 21 tracts In Hattiesburg
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 21 tracts In Forrest County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#331 of 875 tracts In Mississippi
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hattiesburg and the region

Centroid at 31.2694, -89.2775 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mars Hill scores 5.2

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
23.4% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$798 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Mars Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Mars Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 010500Hattiesburg: 2.82.8Hattiesburgparent cityCounty: 4.74.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.74.7Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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

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 Mars Hill

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 5.8/10. 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.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 94th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 19.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 28035010500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28035010500?

Census tract 28035010500 in the Mars Hill neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 28035010500?

Median gross rent is $798/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 28035010500?

23.4% of residents in tract 28035010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,863.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 28035010500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 96th, minority 75th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 28035010500 considered part of Mars Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 28035010500 fall within Mars Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 28035010500 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.1% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 28035010500 compare to Hattiesburg overall?

Tract 28035010500 scores 5.2/10, 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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