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Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally

Dunn Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 37085070300 · Harnett County, NC · pop 4,777 · 80% of tract blocks fall in Dunn

Tract 37085070300 covers Dunn in North Carolina. Home to 4,777 residents, it scores $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $902 monthly, set against $52,821 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.

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 parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Dunn
Very Low
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 28 tracts In Harnett County
Elevated
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#689 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Elevated
National
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#31,159 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
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-friendly
Local 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.
Dunn risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 070300Dunn: 2.42.4Dunnparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

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 by year 2001 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 370850703002001: 85 filings (11.60/100 renter HHs)2002: 159 filings (21.69/100 renter HHs)2003: 103 filings (14.05/100 renter HHs)2004: 77 filings (10.50/100 renter HHs)2006: 78 filings (9.36/100 renter HHs)2007: 84 filings (10.08/100 renter HHs)2008: 47 filings (5.64/100 renter HHs)2009: 49 filings (5.88/100 renter HHs)2010: 46 filings (4.87/100 renter HHs)2011: 44 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2012: 35 filings (3.46/100 renter HHs)2013: 55 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2014: 60 filings (5.93/100 renter HHs)2015: 71 filings (7.02/100 renter HHs)2016: 44 filings (4.59/100 renter HHs)2017: 59 filings (6.16/100 renter HHs)2018: 61 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dunn

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dunn, 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 in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% 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 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 2.4/10. 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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