Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Smithfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37101040904 · Johnston County, NC · pop 4,460 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Smithfield
Tract 37101040904 sits in Smithfield, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. Population here is 4,460. Average gross rent is $1,281, 95% above the Smithfield average.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
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
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
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 4.1
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 dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in three of renters. It tracks the Johnston County average of 4.1 closely.
Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $63,657.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37101040904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040904?
Census tract 37101040904 in Smithfield scores 4.1/10 (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 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 4.1/10, right in line with 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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