Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Havelock Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37049961302 · Craven County, NC · pop 3,684 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Havelock
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 37049961302 in Havelock, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,684 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,624
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$56,204
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Havelock and the region
Centroid at 34.8608, -76.8419 · click any tract to drill in
Why Havelock scores 4.6
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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,047 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 312Total filings over 2 yrs
- 12.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2016)
- 152Filings 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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.1%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.6%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Havelock
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8/10.
Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.2/10. At $1,047 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Havelock commands. The filing record is not thin: 312 evictions over 2 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 13.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 12.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 39% of renters.
It tracks the Craven County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $56,204. 54% 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 37049961302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37049961302?
Census tract 37049961302 in Havelock scores 4.6/10 (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 37049961302?
Median gross rent is $1,047/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37049961302?
12.3% of residents in tract 37049961302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,684.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37049961302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 37th, minority 52th, housing 79th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37049961302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37049961302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.69% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37049961302 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37049961302 compare to Havelock overall?
Tract 37049961302 scores 4.6/10, right in line with 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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