Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

East Central Eviction Risk: Lower , Billings

Tract 30111001702 · Yellowstone County, MT · pop 4,258 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 30111001702 covers part of the East Central area of Billings, MT, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,258. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 14% Owners 74%

Tract context

Occupied units1,559

Renter share26.6%

SVI overall0.41

Poverty rate13.4%

Median income$70,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Billings and the region

Centroid at 45.7655, -108.5636 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Central scores 3.7

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

13.4% poverty · this tract

3.3

Supply constraint

$1,199 rent vs county FMR

3.7

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 East Central compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

29%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
30%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Central. 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.

9.1%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
11.3%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
31.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Central

23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, state political climate reads 1.7/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10.

SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Yellowstone County average of 3.6 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,199, close to the Billings average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $70,750. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 30111001702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30111001702?

Census tract 30111001702 in the East Central neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 30111001702?

Median gross rent is $1,199/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 30111001702?

13.4% of residents in tract 30111001702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,258.

How socially vulnerable is tract 30111001702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 77th, minority 30th, housing 42th.

Is tract 30111001702 considered part of East Central?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 30111001702 fall within East Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 30111001702 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 30111001702 compare to Billings overall?

Tract 30111001702 scores 3.7/10, higher than 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.