Belmont Eviction Risk: Moderate , Roanoke Rapids

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.3/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.7/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 24.1% against 14.2% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,078 filings here across 14 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 23.8% 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 8.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Halifax County average of 4.5 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.