Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Havelock Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37049961301 · Craven County, NC · pop 3,185 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Havelock
Census tract 37049961301 covers part of Havelock, NC, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,185. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,125
Renter share40.8%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$71,215
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Havelock and the region
Centroid at 34.8541, -76.9237 · click any tract to drill in
Why Havelock scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Havelock
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,271 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Havelock
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Havelock
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Havelock
5.8
How Havelock compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 173Total filings over 2 yrs
- 14.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.4%Peak (2016)
- 76Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Havelock
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 173 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 16.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Craven County average of 4.2 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,271, close to the Havelock average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $71,215. 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37049961301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37049961301?
Census tract 37049961301 in Havelock scores 4.3/10 (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 37049961301?
Median gross rent is $1,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37049961301?
12.2% of residents in tract 37049961301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,185.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37049961301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 42th, minority 48th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37049961301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 173 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37049961301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.64% of renter households, peaking at 16.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37049961301 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37049961301 compare to Havelock overall?
Tract 37049961301 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Havelock at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Havelock; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Havelock
Top eight tracts in Havelock ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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