Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37065020300 · Edgecombe County, NC · pop 5,228 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 37065020300 in Rocky Mount, NC reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,228. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,071
Renter share59.6%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$39,140
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 35.9362, -77.7597 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rocky Mount
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.4
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$809 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rocky Mount
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rocky Mount
3.5
How Rocky Mount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 6,753Total filings over 7 yrs
- 107.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 168.8%Peak (2002)
- 640Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 7 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.
- 26.8%Housing insecurity
- 20.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.1%Food insecurity
- 36.2%SNAP enrollment
- 17.8%Transit barriers
- 14.0%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 43.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. Cost burden runs 54% here against 41.8% across Edgecombe County.
Food insecurity runs 36.1% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $809, 15% below the Rocky Mount average.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6,753 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 168.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 107.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 37065020300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37065020300?
Census tract 37065020300 in Rocky Mount scores 4.3/10 (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 37065020300?
Median gross rent is $809/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37065020300?
26.4% of residents in tract 37065020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,228.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37065020300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 51th, minority 87th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37065020300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6,753 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 37065020300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 107.11% of renter households, peaking at 168.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37065020300 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.8% 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. 20.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37065020300 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37065020300 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Rocky Mount at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rocky Mount eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rocky Mount
Top eight tracts in Rocky Mount ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010200
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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