Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
West Central Eviction Risk: Lower , Billings
Tract 30111001803 · Yellowstone County, MT · pop 1,898 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 30111001803 sits in the West Central area of Billings eviction risk, MT, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Severe burden reaches 51%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units895
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$80,104
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Billings and the region
Centroid at 45.7802, -108.5962 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Central scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$867 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 West Central compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Central
Against Yellowstone County at 44.5%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $867, 24% below the Billings average. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.6 points below the Yellowstone County average of 3.6.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.4/10.
Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $80,104, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
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 30111001803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 30111001803?
Census tract 30111001803 in the West Central 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 30111001803?
Median gross rent is $867/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 30111001803?
7.2% of residents in tract 30111001803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,898.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 30111001803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 20th, minority 13th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 30111001803 considered part of West Central?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 30111001803 fall within West Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 30111001803 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 30111001803 compare to Billings overall?
Tract 30111001803 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.
Tract · MT
East Downtown
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Phillips
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Terry
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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West Downtown
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Heights
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MT
Billings Heights
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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Terry
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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South Central
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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