Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally

Meridian Station Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 28075010206 · Lauderdale County, MS · pop 1,776 · 22% of tract blocks fall in Meridian Station

Census tract 28075010206 sits in Meridian eviction risk Station, Mississippi eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. That is riskier than roughly 10% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 16% 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 $1,298 a month while the average household earns $66,908 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

3.1

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 42% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units539

Renter share50.3%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$66,908

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Meridian Station and the region

Centroid at 32.5284, -88.5688 · click any tract to drill in

Why Meridian Station scores 3.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Meridian Station

4.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.2

State political climate

Mississippi legislature & governorship

1.8

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,298 rent vs county FMR

8.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Meridian Station

2.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.6

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Meridian Station

9.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Meridian Station

2.9

How Meridian Station compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

71%Socioeconomic
44%Household composition
53%Racial/ethnic minority
89%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.

13.1%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
16.2%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
9.6%Transit barriers
10.2%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
31.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Meridian Station

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Meridian eviction risk Station, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lauderdale County average of 4.3 and below the Mississippi statewide average of 4.7. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 76th 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.

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 28075010206

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 28075010206?

Census tract 28075010206 in Meridian Station scores 3.1/10 (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 28075010206?

Median gross rent is $1,298/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 28075010206?

8.4% of residents in tract 28075010206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,776.

How socially vulnerable is tract 28075010206?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 44th, minority 53th, housing 89th.

What share of households in tract 28075010206 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 28075010206 compare to Meridian Station overall?

Tract 28075010206 scores 3.1/10, higher than the parent city of Meridian Station at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Meridian eviction risk Station; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.