Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Meridian Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 28075000200 · Lauderdale County, MS · pop 2,209
Census tract 28075000200 covers part of Meridian, MS, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,209. Severe burden reaches 50%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units931
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$26,629
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Meridian and the region
Centroid at 32.3715, -88.7111 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meridian scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Meridian
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Mississippi legislature & governorship
1.8
Economic stress
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$816 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Meridian
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Meridian
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Meridian
2.5
How Meridian compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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.
- 30.9%Housing insecurity
- 23.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.5%Food insecurity
- 34.3%SNAP enrollment
- 22.1%Transit barriers
- 14.9%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 49.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meridian
57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Lauderdale County average of 38.0%. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.5/10.
The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $26,629 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Housing insecurity runs 30.9% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the softer side, state political climate reads 1.8/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Lauderdale County average of 3.9. At $816 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Meridian commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 28075000200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28075000200?
Census tract 28075000200 in Meridian scores 5/10 (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 28075000200?
Median gross rent is $816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 28075000200?
38.1% of residents in tract 28075000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,209.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 28075000200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 85th, minority 91th, housing 52th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 28075000200 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.9% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 28075000200 compare to Meridian overall?
Tract 28075000200 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Meridian at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Meridian eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Meridian
Top eight tracts in Meridian ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MS
28075000300
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28075000402
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28075000600
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
Savannah Grove
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28075000800
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28075000900
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28075010700
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MS
28075000401
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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