Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Smithfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37101040800 · Johnston County, NC · pop 4,103 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Smithfield
With a score of 5.7/10, tract 37101040800 in Smithfield, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,103 residents. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,771
Renter share52.7%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate36.9%
Median income$34,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithfield and the region
Centroid at 35.4995, -78.3610 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithfield scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smithfield
4.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
36.9% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$548 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smithfield
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smithfield
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smithfield
8.5
How Smithfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 663Total filings over 16 yrs
- 6.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2009)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% 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.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.2%Food insecurity
- 22.7%SNAP enrollment
- 12.5%Transit barriers
- 16.1%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithfield
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Johnston County average of 35.7%. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.2/10.
The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Against the Johnston County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Average gross rent is $548, 17% below the Smithfield average. Court records carry 663 eviction filings across 16 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 22.7% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2009 at 7.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the NC average is 4.0, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37101040800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040800?
Census tract 37101040800 in Smithfield scores 5.7/10 (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 37101040800?
Median gross rent is $548/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040800?
36.9% of residents in tract 37101040800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,103.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 74th, minority 56th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37101040800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 663 eviction filings across 16 validated years in tract 37101040800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.15% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37101040800 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37101040800 compare to Smithfield overall?
Tract 37101040800 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Smithfield at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smithfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smithfield
Top eight tracts in Smithfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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