Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Whitefish Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029000404 · Flathead County, MT · pop 3,528 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Whitefish
How risky is Whitefish for landlords? Census tract 30029000404 scores 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 60% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,565 a month against an average household income of $91,563 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,497
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$91,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitefish and the region
Centroid at 48.3818, -114.2987 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitefish scores 2
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
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,565 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 26.3%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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 30029000404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000404?
Census tract 30029000404 in Whitefish scores 2/10 (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 30029000404?
Median gross rent is $1,565/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000404?
3.9% of residents in tract 30029000404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 7th, minority 14th, housing 84th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000404 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029000404 compare to Whitefish overall?
Tract 30029000404 scores 2/10, right in line with 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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