Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Whitefish Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029000402 · Flathead County, MT · pop 3,240 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Whitefish
Census tract 30029000402 runs through Whitefish in Flathead County. With 3,240 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #51,787 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,358 a month against an average household income of $82,853 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,379
Renter share33.4%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$82,853
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitefish and the region
Centroid at 48.3541, -114.3717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitefish scores 2.5
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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,358 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 5.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitefish
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.1/10. 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 inherited from Whitefish eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Flathead County average of 4.5 and above the Montana statewide average of 4.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029000402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000402?
Census tract 30029000402 in Whitefish scores 2.5/10 (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 30029000402?
Median gross rent is $1,358/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000402?
7.9% of residents in tract 30029000402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 22th, minority 2th, housing 79th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000402 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029000402 compare to Whitefish overall?
Tract 30029000402 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Whitefish at 2.1/10. 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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