Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
High Point Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37081014503 · Guilford County, NC · pop 3,181 · 85% of tract blocks fall in High Point
Census tract 37081014503 runs through High Point. With 3,181 residents, it scores 5.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $836 a month while the average household earns $42,948 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,239
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate37.1%
Median income$42,948
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across High Point and the region
Centroid at 35.9599, -79.9634 · click any tract to drill in
Why High Point scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from High Point
3.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
37.1% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$836 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from High Point
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from High Point
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from High Point
3.0
How High Point compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 859Total filings over 5 yrs
- 25.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.5%Peak (2013)
- 169Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 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.
- 29.8%Housing insecurity
- 22.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.4%Food insecurity
- 41.4%SNAP enrollment
- 20.2%Transit barriers
- 19.4%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 46.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in High Point
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from High Point eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Guilford County average of 5.5 and above the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 29.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 859 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 25.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 25.5% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37081014503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37081014503?
Census tract 37081014503 in High Point scores 5.6/10 (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 37081014503?
Median gross rent is $836/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37081014503?
37.1% of residents in tract 37081014503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,181.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37081014503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 94th, minority 86th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37081014503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 859 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 37081014503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.76% of renter households, peaking at 25.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37081014503 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.8% 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. 22.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37081014503 compare to High Point overall?
Tract 37081014503 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of High Point at 2.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from High Point eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in High Point
Top eight tracts in High Point ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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