Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally

Wilson's Mills Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 37101040903 · Johnston County, NC · pop 8,548 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Wilson's Mills

How risky is Wilson's Mills for landlords? Census tract 37101040903 scores 4.2/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 16th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 8% of renter households, a modest level, and 2% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,569 monthly, set against $87,132 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.7

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 14% Owners 85%

Tract context

Occupied units3,276

Renter share15.4%

SVI overall0.45

Poverty rate13.8%

Median income$87,132

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilson's Mills and the region

Centroid at 35.6019, -78.3697 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilson's Mills scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wilson's Mills

4.4

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.8

State political climate

North Carolina legislature & governorship

2.3

Economic stress

13.8% poverty · this tract

3.5

Supply constraint

$1,569 rent vs county FMR

3.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wilson's Mills

2.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wilson's Mills

3.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wilson's Mills

6.1

How Wilson's Mills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

48%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
41%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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
13.1%Food insecurity
10.3%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilson's Mills

The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.1/10. 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 Wilson eviction risk's Mills, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Johnston County average of 5.0 and below the North Carolina statewide average of 5.3. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 37101040903

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37101040903?

Census tract 37101040903 in Wilson's Mills scores 3.7/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 37101040903?

Median gross rent is $1,569/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 37101040903?

13.8% of residents in tract 37101040903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,548.

How socially vulnerable is tract 37101040903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 41th, minority 52th, housing 41th.

What share of households in tract 37101040903 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 37101040903 compare to Wilson's Mills overall?

Tract 37101040903 scores 3.7/10, higher than the parent city of Wilson's Mills at 3.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilson eviction risk's Mills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.