Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Saxapahaw Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37001021902 · Alamance County, NC · pop 3,872 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Saxapahaw
How risky is Saxapahaw in Alamance County for landlords? Census tract 37001021902 scores 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #65,126 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 17% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $754 a month while the average household earns $63,644 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,719
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$63,644
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Saxapahaw and the region
Centroid at 35.8921, -79.3326 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saxapahaw scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Saxapahaw
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$754 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saxapahaw
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saxapahaw
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saxapahaw
3.6
How Saxapahaw compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 171Total filings over 17 yrs
- 4.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2004)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 69% 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 12.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.2%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saxapahaw
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Saxapahaw, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Alamance County average of 5.2 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 68th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37001021902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37001021902?
Census tract 37001021902 in Saxapahaw scores 3.2/10 (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 37001021902?
Median gross rent is $754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37001021902?
11.4% of residents in tract 37001021902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,872.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37001021902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 95th, minority 43th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37001021902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 171 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37001021902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.24% of renter households, peaking at 14.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37001021902 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37001021902 compare to Saxapahaw overall?
Tract 37001021902 scores 3.2/10, higher than the parent city of Saxapahaw at 2.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saxapahaw; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Saxapahaw
Top eight tracts in Saxapahaw ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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