Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Clayton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37101041001 · Johnston County, NC · pop 11,537 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Clayton
Tract 37101041001 sits in Clayton eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. Population here is 11,537. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Johnston County average of 35.7%.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units4,036
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$69,025
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clayton and the region
Centroid at 35.6309, -78.4192 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clayton scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clayton
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,430 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clayton
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clayton
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clayton
5.6
How Clayton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 2,121Total filings over 16 yrs
- 14.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.9%Peak (2002)
- 103Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 16 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
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clayton
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.3/10. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10.
The filing record is not thin: 2,121 evictions over 16 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,430, 14% below the Clayton average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 29.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 15.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Johnston County average of 4.1 closely.
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 37101041001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101041001?
Census tract 37101041001 in Clayton scores 4.2/10 (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 37101041001?
Median gross rent is $1,430/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101041001?
9.6% of residents in tract 37101041001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 11,537.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101041001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 80th, minority 66th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37101041001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,121 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37101041001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.99% of renter households, peaking at 29.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37101041001 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37101041001 compare to Clayton overall?
Tract 37101041001 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Clayton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clayton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clayton
Top eight tracts in Clayton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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3.7
/ 10 · Low
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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