Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Scotland Neck Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 37083931102 · Halifax County, NC · pop 2,526 · 23% of tract blocks fall in Scotland Neck

37083931102 is a census tract in Scotland Neck, NC. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,526 residents. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 22% Owners 57%

Tract context

Occupied units1,410

Renter share42.6%

SVI overall0.78

Poverty rate34.1%

Median income$35,270

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Scotland Neck and the region

Centroid at 36.1078, -77.3963 · click any tract to drill in

Why Scotland Neck scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Scotland Neck

6.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.1

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

34.1% poverty · this tract

8.5

Supply constraint

$561 rent vs county FMR

1.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Scotland Neck

9.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Scotland Neck

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Scotland Neck

9.7

How Scotland Neck compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

94%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
52%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.

25.2%Housing insecurity
18.3%Utility-shutoff threat
36.8%Food insecurity
36.0%SNAP enrollment
17.4%Transit barriers
16.8%No health insurance
18.9%Frequent mental distress
47.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Scotland Neck

What pushes it up most is housing-court posture at 9.7/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10.

Against the Halifax County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.

The poverty rate is 34%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Housing insecurity runs 25.2% against 14.2% nationally.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 44.1% across Halifax County.

That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 37083931102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37083931102?

Census tract 37083931102 in Scotland Neck scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37083931102?

Median gross rent is $561/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37083931102?

34.1% of residents in tract 37083931102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,526.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37083931102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 36th, minority 89th, housing 52th.

What share of households in tract 37083931102 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.2% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37083931102 compare to Scotland Neck overall?

Tract 37083931102 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Scotland Neck at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scotland Neck; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Scotland Neck

Top eight tracts in Scotland Neck ranked by composite eviction-risk score.