Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
James City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37049961004 · Craven County, NC · pop 4,893 · 36% of tract blocks fall in James City
Census tract 37049961004 covers part of James City, NC, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,893. At $1,424 a month, rents run 40% over what the rest of James City commands.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,059
Renter share9.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$100,298
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across James City and the region
Centroid at 34.9962, -77.0520 · click any tract to drill in
Why James City scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from James City
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,424 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from James City
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from James City
1.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from James City
1.8
How James City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in James City
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 1.8/10.
Against the Craven County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Craven County average of 41.4%.
Food insecurity runs 10.7% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10.
Against average income of $100,298, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37049961004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37049961004?
Census tract 37049961004 in James City scores 3/10 (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 37049961004?
Median gross rent is $1,424/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37049961004?
10.0% of residents in tract 37049961004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,893.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37049961004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 32th, minority 41th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37049961004 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37049961004 compare to James City overall?
Tract 37049961004 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of James City at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from James City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in James City
Top eight tracts in James City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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