Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Elon Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37001021600 · Alamance County, NC · pop 7,937 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Elon
The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 37001021600 reflects conditions in Elon, North Carolina. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $849 a month while the average household earns $70,130 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,363
Renter share25.3%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$70,130
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elon and the region
Centroid at 36.1448, -79.5203 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elon scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elon
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$849 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elon
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elon
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elon
8.9
How Elon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 885Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.1%Peak (2005)
- 41Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elon
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Elon, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 885 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 11.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.1% of renter households in 2005.
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 37001021600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021600?
Census tract 37001021600 in Elon scores 3.6/10 (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 37001021600?
Median gross rent is $849/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001021600?
9.2% of residents in tract 37001021600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,937.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001021600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 9th, minority 31th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001021600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 885 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001021600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.95% of renter households, peaking at 19.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37001021600 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37001021600 compare to Elon overall?
Tract 37001021600 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Elon at 2.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elon
Top eight tracts in Elon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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