Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Smithfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37101040904 · Johnston County, NC · pop 4,460 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Smithfield
Tract 37101040904, home to 4,460 residents in Smithfield in Johnston County, scores 5.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 49% of US census tracts.
33% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,281 a month while the average household earns $63,657 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,422
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$63,657
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithfield and the region
Centroid at 35.5636, -78.3503 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithfield scores 3.6
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,281 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
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.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.8%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 16.6%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 37.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithfield
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Smithfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Johnston County average of 5.0 and in line with the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 65th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% 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 37101040904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040904?
Census tract 37101040904 in Smithfield scores 3.6/10 (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 37101040904?
Median gross rent is $1,281/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040904?
4.6% of residents in tract 37101040904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,460.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 20th, minority 64th, housing 69th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37101040904 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37101040904 compare to Smithfield overall?
Tract 37101040904 scores 3.6/10, higher than the parent city of Smithfield at 2.9/10. 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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