Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Lillington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37085071201 · Harnett County, NC · pop 2,552 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Lillington
Eviction risk in Lillington centers on tract 37085071201, which scores $1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 2,552 residents. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $843 a month against an average household income of $60,000 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units936
Renter share26.1%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$60,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lillington and the region
Centroid at 35.2810, -78.8762 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lillington scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lillington
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.9
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$843 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lillington
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lillington
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lillington
4.7
How Lillington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 733Total filings over 17 yrs
- 10.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.6%Peak (2004)
- 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 45% 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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lillington
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Lillington, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 733 eviction filings here over 17 tracked years, with about 10.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.6% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 37085071201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37085071201?
Census tract 37085071201 in Lillington scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 37085071201?
Median gross rent is $843/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37085071201?
12.0% of residents in tract 37085071201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,552.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37085071201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 93th, minority 55th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37085071201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 733 eviction filings across 17 validated years in tract 37085071201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.02% of renter households, peaking at 16.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37085071201 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 9.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37085071201 compare to Lillington overall?
Tract 37085071201 scores 3.3/10, higher than the parent city of Lillington at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lillington; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lillington
Top eight tracts in Lillington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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