Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Dunn Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37085070300 · Harnett County, NC · pop 4,777 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Dunn
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 37085070300 in Dunn, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,777. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,979
Renter share34.0%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$52,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dunn and the region
Centroid at 35.3476, -78.6034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dunn scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dunn
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$902 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dunn
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dunn
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dunn
6.1
How Dunn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 1,157Total filings over 17 yrs
- 8.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.7%Peak (2002)
- 61Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 17 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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 14.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 38.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dunn
Against Harnett County at 37.3%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,157 evictions over 17 years of observation. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
At $902 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Dunn commands. Filings peaked in 2002 at 21.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Harnett County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $52,821.
34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 37085070300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37085070300?
Census tract 37085070300 in Dunn scores 4.6/10 (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 37085070300?
Median gross rent is $902/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37085070300?
15.8% of residents in tract 37085070300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,777.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37085070300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 88th, minority 58th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37085070300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,157 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37085070300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.06% of renter households, peaking at 21.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37085070300 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37085070300 compare to Dunn overall?
Tract 37085070300 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Dunn at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dunn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dunn
Top eight tracts in Dunn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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