Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Mount Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 37127010200 · Nash County, NC · pop 4,421 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Rocky Mount
37127010200 is a census tract in Rocky Mount, NC. It scores 4.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,421. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,095
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$32,150
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rocky Mount and the region
Centroid at 35.9093, -77.8226 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Mount scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rocky Mount
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$808 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: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 3,401Total filings over 2 yrs
- 109.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 116.0%Peak (2002)
- 1,597Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
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.
- 28.4%Housing insecurity
- 20.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.1%Food insecurity
- 37.9%SNAP enrollment
- 18.7%Transit barriers
- 15.7%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 44.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Mount
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Nash County average of 35.3%. SNAP participation runs 37.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 38.1% against 17.8% nationally.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running cool, state political climate reads 2.3/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Nash County average of 3.7. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
At $808 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Rocky Mount commands. The filing record is not thin: 3,401 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2002, when 116.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 109.4% 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 37127010200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37127010200?
Census tract 37127010200 in Rocky Mount scores 4.7/10 (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 37127010200?
Median gross rent is $808/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37127010200?
18.4% of residents in tract 37127010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37127010200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 64th, minority 81th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37127010200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,401 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 37127010200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 109.36% of renter households, peaking at 116.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37127010200 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.4% 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. 20.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37127010200 compare to Rocky Mount overall?
Tract 37127010200 scores 4.7/10, 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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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020400
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020600
4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37127010700
4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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37065020300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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37127010505
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · NC
37065020200
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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