Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Whitefish Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029000302 · Flathead County, MT · pop 1,932 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Whitefish
30029000302 is a census tract in Whitefish, MT. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,932 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units950
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$70,769
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitefish and the region
Centroid at 48.4792, -114.3340 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitefish scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitefish
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,703 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitefish
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitefish
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitefish
6.1
How Whitefish compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitefish
Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.7/10. At $1,703 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Whitefish commands.
On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Flathead County average of 3.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $70,769.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029000302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000302?
Census tract 30029000302 in Whitefish scores 3.7/10 (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 30029000302?
Median gross rent is $1,703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000302?
6.4% of residents in tract 30029000302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,932.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 5th, minority 20th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000302 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029000302 compare to Whitefish overall?
Tract 30029000302 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Whitefish at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitefish eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitefish
Top eight tracts in Whitefish ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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