Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Sunny Sands Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37085071401 · Harnett County, NC · pop 4,497 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
In the Sunny Sands area of Harnett, census tract 37085071401 scores 4.9/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #55,002 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $884 a month while the average household earns $75,469 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,713
Renter share23.2%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$75,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harnett County and the region
Centroid at 35.2997, -79.1318 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunny Sands scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
2.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$884 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Sunny Sands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 587Total filings over 17 yrs
- 9.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.1%Peak (2002)
- 32Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 17 months.
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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 15.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunny Sands
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 5.1/10. 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 set by North Carolina eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Harnett County average of 5.2 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 587 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 9.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.1% of renter households in 2002.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37085071401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37085071401?
Census tract 37085071401 in the Sunny Sands neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 37085071401?
Median gross rent is $884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37085071401?
20.5% of residents in tract 37085071401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,497.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37085071401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 61th, minority 45th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 37085071401 considered part of Sunny Sands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 37085071401 fall within Sunny Sands (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37085071401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 587 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37085071401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.24% of renter households, peaking at 17.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 37085071401 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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