Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Somers Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 30029001401 · Flathead County, MT · pop 2,815 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Somers
Census tract 30029001401 sits in Somers, Montana eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. That is riskier than about 16% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,137 a month while the average household earns $57,123 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,212
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$57,123
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somers and the region
Centroid at 48.1078, -114.1957 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somers scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Somers
4.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Montana legislature & governorship
1.7
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,137 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Somers
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Somers
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Somers
3.2
How Somers compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somers
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Somers, 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 in line with the Montana statewide average of 4.1. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.0% 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 30029001401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30029001401?
Census tract 30029001401 in Somers scores 3.3/10 (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 30029001401?
Median gross rent is $1,137/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30029001401?
12.8% of residents in tract 30029001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,815.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30029001401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 76th, minority 7th, housing 17th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 30029001401 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 30029001401 compare to Somers overall?
Tract 30029001401 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Somers at 2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Somers; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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