Gulfport Eviction Risk: High , Elizabeth

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.9/10. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Union County average of 44.6%.

Food insecurity runs 35.0% against 17.8% nationally. 72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Housing insecurity runs 29.2% against 14.2% nationally. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7.5/10.

The filing record is not thin: 196 evictions over 4 years of observation. At $1,693 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Elizabeth commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.5% of renter households were served.

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