Westover Eviction Risk: Moderate , Hattiesburg

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The poverty rate is 47%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.8/10. Food insecurity runs 29.2% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Lamar County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $908, 10% below the Hattiesburg average. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 4.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MS average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.