Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Princeton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37101040502 ·
Johnston County, NC · pop 2,120 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Princeton
Tract 37101040502 sits in Princeton, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.1/10. It is home to 2,120 residents. Cost burden runs 4% here against 35.7% across Johnston County.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 18%Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units881
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$90,863
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0th percentile
#2 of 2 tracts In Princeton
Very Low
Within county
29th percentile
#38 of 53 tracts In Johnston County
Low
Within state
31th percentile
#1,842 of 2,660 tracts In North Carolina
Low
National
22th percentile
#65,414 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton and the region
Centroid at 35.4928, -78.1550 · click any tract to drill in
Why Princeton scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Princeton
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Princeton
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Princeton
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Princeton
4.8
How Princeton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
7.2%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
16.0%Frequent mental distress
28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Princeton
At $1,112 a month, rents run 61% over what the rest of Princeton commands. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Against the Johnston County average of 4.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $90,863, annual rent is just 15%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37101040502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040502?
Census tract 37101040502 in Princeton scores 3.1/10 (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 37101040502?
Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040502?
3.4% of residents in tract 37101040502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,120.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 33th, minority 5th, housing 15th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37101040502 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37101040502 compare to Princeton overall?
Tract 37101040502 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Princeton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Princeton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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