Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Helena Flats Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029000602 · Flathead County, MT · pop 4,280 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Helena Flats
Helena Flats is where census tract 30029000602 sits, home to 4,280 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.5/10. It lands near the 5th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,047 monthly, set against $80,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,550
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$80,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Helena Flats and the region
Centroid at 48.2634, -114.1544 · click any tract to drill in
Why Helena Flats scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Helena Flats
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Helena Flats
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Helena Flats
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Helena Flats
1.9
How Helena Flats compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Helena Flats
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 3.6/10. 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 Helena eviction risk Flats, 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 below the Montana statewide average of 4.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd 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 30029000602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029000602?
Census tract 30029000602 in Helena Flats 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 30029000602?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029000602?
7.7% of residents in tract 30029000602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,280.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029000602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 15th, minority 13th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029000602 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029000602 compare to Helena Flats overall?
Tract 30029000602 scores 2.5/10, higher than the parent city of Helena Flats at 1.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Helena eviction risk Flats; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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