Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 30029000202 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029000202 · Flathead County, MT · pop 3,186
Flathead in Flathead County anchors census tract 30029000202, which lands at 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 10% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,227 a month against an average household income of $71,708 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,172
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$71,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
23
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Flathead County and the region
Centroid at 48.3479, -114.1468 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 30029000202 scores 2.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
1.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,227 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
1.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 30029000202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 30029000202
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Montana eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Flathead County average of 4.5 and in line with the Montana statewide average of 4.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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.
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 30029000202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000202?
Census tract 30029000202 in Flathead County scores 2.7/10 (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 30029000202?
Median gross rent is $1,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000202?
3.4% of residents in tract 30029000202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,186.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 15th, minority 16th, housing 40th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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