Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Smithfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37101040905 · Johnston County, NC · pop 5,567 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Smithfield
Census tract 37101040905 runs through Smithfield. With 5,567 residents, it scores 5.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $938 a month against an average household income of $85,491 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,963
Renter share29.8%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$85,491
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smithfield and the region
Centroid at 35.5407, -78.4105 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smithfield scores 3.4
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$938 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: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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.
- 12.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smithfield
The score leans hardest on 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 above 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 37101040905
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040905?
Census tract 37101040905 in Smithfield scores 3.4/10 (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 37101040905?
Median gross rent is $938/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040905?
7.0% of residents in tract 37101040905 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,567.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040905?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 78th, minority 53th, housing 89th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 37101040905 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.2% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 37101040905 compare to Smithfield overall?
Tract 37101040905 scores 3.4/10, 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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