Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Eviction Risk: Lower , Billings

Tract 30111000704 · Yellowstone County, MT · pop 3,562 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 30111000704 in the Highland area of Billings, MT reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,562 residents. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 4% Owners 84%

Tract context

Occupied units1,364

Renter share16.6%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate5.8%

Median income$67,031

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Billings and the region

Centroid at 45.8092, -108.5239 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Billings

3.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

Montana legislature & governorship

1.7

Economic stress

5.8% poverty · this tract

1.5

Supply constraint

$1,578 rent vs county FMR

6.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Billings

1.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Billings

2.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Billings

2.5

How Highland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

8%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
9%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highland. 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.

7.9%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
6.1%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
7.4%No health insurance
16.6%Frequent mental distress
29.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland

73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Yellowstone County average of 44.5%. Average gross rent is $1,578, 39% above the Billings average.

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10.

Well under the midpoint, state political climate reads 1.7/10. SNAP participation runs 6.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. The voucher gap is 14.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Yellowstone County average of 3.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 30111000704

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30111000704?

Census tract 30111000704 in the Highland neighborhood scores 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.

What is the average rent in tract 30111000704?

Median gross rent is $1,578/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 30111000704?

5.8% of residents in tract 30111000704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,562.

How socially vulnerable is tract 30111000704?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 43th, minority 20th, housing 9th.

Is tract 30111000704 considered part of Highland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 30111000704 fall within Highland (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 30111000704 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 30111000704 compare to Billings overall?

Tract 30111000704 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Billings at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Billings eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Billings

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