Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Bigfork Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029001305 · Flathead County, MT · pop 1,658 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Bigfork
Census tract 30029001305 covers Bigfork in Flathead County, home to 1,658 residents. For landlords it grades 4.9/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 47% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,409 a month while the average household earns $67,991 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units883
Renter share16.1%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$67,991
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bigfork and the region
Centroid at 48.1079, -113.9613 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bigfork scores 3.2
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
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,409 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 7.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bigfork
The heaviest input here 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 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 27th 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 7.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.7% 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 30029001305
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029001305?
Census tract 30029001305 in Bigfork scores 3.2/10 (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 30029001305?
Median gross rent is $1,409/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029001305?
13.9% of residents in tract 30029001305 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,658.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029001305?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 16th, minority 12th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029001305 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.5% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029001305 compare to Bigfork overall?
Tract 30029001305 scores 3.2/10, higher than 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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