Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kalispell

Tract 30029001102 · Flathead County, MT · pop 3,759 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 30029001102 covers part of the Downtown area of Kalispell, MT, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 27% Owners 50%

Tract context

Occupied units1,408

Renter share50.3%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate11.5%

Median income$69,732

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kalispell and the region

Centroid at 48.1901, -114.3066 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Kalispell

4.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.5

State political climate

Montana legislature & governorship

1.7

Economic stress

11.5% poverty · this tract

2.9

Supply constraint

$1,234 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Kalispell

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

1.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Kalispell

8.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Kalispell

6.4

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

69%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
18%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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.

10.2%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
12.1%Food insecurity
9.1%SNAP enrollment
8.1%Transit barriers
9.3%No health insurance
17.9%Frequent mental distress
30.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

Pulling hardest the other way is eviction-process difficulty at 1.3/10. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.7/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,234, 14% above the Kalispell average.

That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 46% of renters.

It tracks the Flathead County average of 3.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $69,732.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 30029001102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029001102?

Census tract 30029001102 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 30029001102?

Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 30029001102?

11.5% of residents in tract 30029001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,759.

How socially vulnerable is tract 30029001102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 65th, minority 18th, housing 50th.

Is tract 30029001102 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 30029001102 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 30029001102 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.2% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 30029001102 compare to Kalispell overall?

Tract 30029001102 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Kalispell at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kalispell eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Kalispell

Top eight tracts in Kalispell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.