Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Halifax Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37083931000 · Halifax County, NC · pop 3,128 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Halifax
Tract 37083931000 sits in Halifax, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 3,128. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,030
Renter share29.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$50,455
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Halifax and the region
Centroid at 36.2733, -77.5165 · click any tract to drill in
Why Halifax scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Halifax
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
19.8% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$847 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Halifax
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Halifax
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Halifax
6.6
How Halifax compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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)
- 112Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2012)
- 7Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 14 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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 17.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.5%Food insecurity
- 30.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.4%Transit barriers
- 15.5%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 41.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Halifax
The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10.
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Halifax County average of 44.1%. SNAP participation runs 30.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Halifax County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $847 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Halifax commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 112 filings here across 14 tracked years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37083931000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37083931000?
Census tract 37083931000 in Halifax 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 37083931000?
Median gross rent is $847/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37083931000?
19.8% of residents in tract 37083931000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,128.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37083931000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 68th, minority 78th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37083931000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 112 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 37083931000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.97% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37083931000 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 17.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37083931000 compare to Halifax overall?
Tract 37083931000 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Halifax at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Halifax; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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