Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Billings

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.7/10.

At $1,344 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Billings commands. SNAP participation runs 5.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally.

It sits 0.6 points below the Yellowstone County average of 3.6. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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