Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Bigfork Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029001304 · Flathead County, MT · pop 1,887 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Bigfork
How risky is Bigfork in Flathead County for landlords? Census tract 30029001304 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $93,523 a year. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units848
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$93,523
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bigfork and the region
Centroid at 48.0234, -114.0770 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bigfork scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bigfork
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bigfork
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bigfork
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bigfork
5.4
How Bigfork compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 35%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.
- 4.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.8%Food insecurity
- 2.8%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 11.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bigfork
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.2/10. 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 Bigfork eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 21st 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 4.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% 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 30029001304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029001304?
Census tract 30029001304 in Bigfork 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 poverty rate in tract 30029001304?
2.6% of residents in tract 30029001304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,887.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029001304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 31th, minority 35th, housing 37th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 30029001304 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.5% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 30029001304 compare to Bigfork overall?
Tract 30029001304 scores 2/10, right in line with the parent city of Bigfork at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bigfork eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bigfork
Top eight tracts in Bigfork ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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