Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Graham Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37001021000 · Alamance County, NC · pop 4,805 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Graham
Tract 37001021000, home to 4,805 residents in Graham, scores 6.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 88% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $859 a month while the average household earns $32,391 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,922
Renter share67.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate35.0%
Median income$32,391
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Graham and the region
Centroid at 36.0770, -79.3985 · click any tract to drill in
Why Graham scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Graham
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
35.0% poverty · this tract
8.8
Supply constraint
$859 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Graham
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Graham
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Graham
6.0
How Graham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 3,638Total filings over 17 yrs
- 20.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.5%Peak (2008)
- 252Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% over the past 17 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 23.4%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.0%Food insecurity
- 30.9%SNAP enrollment
- 16.1%Transit barriers
- 17.9%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 41.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Graham
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Graham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Alamance County average of 5.2 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,638 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 20.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 28.5% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 37001021000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021000?
Census tract 37001021000 in Graham scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 37001021000?
Median gross rent is $859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001021000?
35.0% of residents in tract 37001021000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001021000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 80th, minority 78th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001021000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,638 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001021000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.89% of renter households, peaking at 28.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37001021000 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.4% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37001021000 compare to Graham overall?
Tract 37001021000 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Graham at 2.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Graham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Graham
Top eight tracts in Graham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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