Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Forrest Eviction Risk: Lower , Hattiesburg
Tract 28073020203 · Lamar County, MS · pop 3,633 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
In the Oak Forrest area of Hattiesburg, census tract 28073020203 scores 3.4/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #80,347 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 18% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,397 a month while the average household earns $80,116 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$80,116
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hattiesburg and the region
Centroid at 31.2803, -89.4109 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Forrest scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hattiesburg
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.7
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,397 rent vs county FMR
7.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hattiesburg
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hattiesburg
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hattiesburg
2.1
How Oak Forrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oak Forrest. 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Forrest
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Lamar County average of 4.4 and below the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 28073020203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28073020203?
Census tract 28073020203 in the Oak Forrest neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 28073020203?
Median gross rent is $1,397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28073020203?
4.3% of residents in tract 28073020203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,633.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28073020203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 39th, minority 29th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 28073020203 considered part of Oak Forrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 28073020203 fall within Oak Forrest (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 28073020203 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 28073020203 compare to Hattiesburg overall?
Tract 28073020203 scores 2.3/10, lower 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.
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